petrology
noun
the scientific study of rocks, including petrography and petrogenesis.
petrological
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a word derived from
petrology.
Example Sentences
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Data-set formats are aligned with other geochemical, petrological and geochronological data.
From Nature ● Jun. 3, 2019
This is independent of the oxidation state or petrological type of the chondrites.
From Nature ● Nov. 28, 2017
Of course in these days, since the application of the microscope to the study of rocks in thin sections, Darwin's nomenclature and descriptions of the petrological characters of the lavas appear to us somewhat crude.
From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward
Of the variety of problems that it presents one might mention the petrological questions connected with the intrusion of the great masses of granite, and their relation to the slates and associated metamorphic rocks.
From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Sir James McCrone Douie
Her father was distinctly irascible, and disposed more than ever to hide away among the petrological things—the study was turned out.
From Ann Veronica, a modern love story by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
