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petrology

[ US /pəˈtɹɑɫədʒi/ ]
NOUN
  1. the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification

How To Use petrology In A Sentence

  • Partial melting models, isotopic studies and the petrology of entrained ultramafic xenoliths suggest that many basanitic magmas are sourced in the asthenosphere.
  • From igneous petrology: anatexis = fusion = melting Microscopic is tinier than miniscule
  • The study on petrology, lithochemistry and geo-chemistry of the pillow lava shows that it is the product of submarine basalt.
  • Anyway I then headed over to the UCL campus and turned up to the lecture room and panicked that there where undergraduates in there with microscopes and the like doing some petrology. Snell-Pym » 2009 » April
  • We combine field relations, structural geology, petrology, thermobarometry and geochronology to interpret the tectonic evolution of the Everest Himalaya.
  • Integrated studies of metamorphic petrology and structural geology constitute a powerful tool for understanding the tectonic evolution of the inner zones of orogens.
  • The petrology and geochemistry of these volcanic rocks show that they form an essentially bimodal association of basalt and subalkaline rhyolite, with less common intermediate compositions.
  • From igneous petrology: anatexis = fusion = melting Microscopic is tinier than miniscule
  • Although their ages are correlative with the Parana Volcanic Province magmatism, the geochemistry, petrology and isotopic compositions of the Salta Rift magmas show different source regions and petrogenetic processes.
  • Oh, that one's a P.Geo - a professional geologist - is can log drill holes, update and construct geological models, they are experts in igneous and metamorphic petrology and petrography, hydrogeology, sedimentolgoy and structural geology. Archive 2008-04-01
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