petrology
noun
the scientific study of rocks, including petrography and petrogenesis.
petrologist
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a word derived from
petrology.
Example Sentences
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"This is a very plausible explanation," says Penny Wieser, a petrologist at the University of California, Berkeley.
From Science Magazine ● May 27, 2024
“It's hard to explain the water budget from those sources,” says Megan E. Newcombe, a petrologist at the University of Maryland.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 31, 2023
“We think of these systems as a mush”—small amounts of liquid between crystallized grains—“rather than a liquid balloon,” says Marie Edmonds, a petrologist at the University of Cambridge.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 14, 2021
Paul Barton, 90, an ore petrologist with the U.S.
From Washington Post ● May 31, 2021
But it happened that the "Challenger" visited most of the volcanic islands described by Darwin, and the specimens brought home were examined by the eminent petrologist Professor Renard.
From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward
