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Meanings of petrology in English

Russian
петрология
Portuguese
petrologia
Spanish
petrología
Catalan
petrologia
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Branch of geology that studies the origin, composition, distribution and structure of rocks.

Related terms
петрология
Portuguese
petrologia
Catalan
petrologia

The branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification.

petrologia
Synonyms
Examples for "lithology"
Examples for "lithology"
1
The results suggest that the hydrochemistry of springs is jointly controlled by lithology and anthropogenic inputs.
Pubmed
2
We might say that a 'young lady, eminent for great skill in lithology, famed as the discoverer,' etc.
Erema; Or, My Father's Sin
3
The Lithology of Stonehenge.
Stonehenge, Today and Yesterday
4
Drilling results, tied to regional seismic reflection images, reveal heterogeneous lithologies with highly variable physical properties entering the SSE source region.
Pubmed
Usage of petrology in English
1
Geology: nothing about geomorphology or stratigraphy or even petrology.
Flowers for Algernon
2
He was sitting naked by the swimming pool on the roof, reading for his petrology exam, when the purple leaves at the rock entrance shook.
Nova
3
(1) Peter, petrify, petrol, stormy petrel, petroleum, saltpeter, pier; (2) petrology, parsley, samphire.
The Century Vocabulary Builder
4
Journal of Petrology, Volume 21, Number 2.
Wired
5
Attracting good eachway money throughout the day, Petrology still drifted in the market thanks to the big support for Heart Starter and Data Point.
News.com.au
6
"Petrology," Lorq said, holding up his note-recorder.
Nova
7
(MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY, GEOLOGY, PHYSIOGRAPHY)
The Demolished Man
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A work, he evidently often employed, was P. Syme's book on "Werner's Nomenclature of Colours"; while, for Petrology, he used Macculloch's "Geological Classification of Rocks".
Darwin and Modern Science
Translations for petrology
Portuguese
petrologia
Catalan
petrologia
Petrology through the time