lithology
lithological
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a word derived from
lithology.
Example Sentences
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In general, the boundaries between formations are based on major lithological differences.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
In lithological characters the two may closely resemble each other, and there may be nothing to show that the gap represented by their unconformability is of an important character.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
The modern form of the theory substitutes onion-coats of fossiliferous rocks for onion-coats of mineral and lithological characters; and a brief consideration of this theory is now in order.
From Q. E. D., or New Light on the Doctrine of Creation by George McCready Price
Not that Sir R. Murchison contends theoretically for this relation between lithological character and date.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
This will be the more likely because it is almost certain that many rocks contemporaneously formed are counted by geologists as distinct formations, whenever they differ in lithological character or in organic remains.
From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Alfred Russel Wallace
