petrogenesis
Americannoun
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the branch of petrology dealing with the origin and formation of rocks.
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the origin and formation of rocks.
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Bell, K. & Keller, J. Carbonatite volcanism: Oldoinyo Lengai and the petrogenesis of natrocarbonatites.
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