lithologically
- a word derived from lithology.
Example Sentences
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Either way, it is lithologically distinct from that once waterlogged gabbro—and the team members are optimistic that, this time, they will acquire their all-important first sample.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 12, 2021
Further, this same formation is called the Aztec Sandstone in Nevada and Nugget Sandstone near Salt Lake City because they are lithologically distinct enough to warrant new names.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
The Churchill Craton is lithologically similar to the Superior Craton, although not generally as old.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Where formations of different geological ages are lithologically so similar as to be often indistinguishable, the only method of differentiating them is by their fossils.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
But fortunately the coal formation is fully developed on the other side of the Atlantic, and is singularly like that of Europe, both lithologically and in the species of its fossil plants.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
