Noun:

शिला-विज्ञान, प्रस्तर-विज्ञान,

petrology's Usage Examples:

Students studying structural geology in one term and metamorphic petrology in the next are able to synthesize information they obtain from both courses.

metamorphic petrology in the next are able to synthesize information they obtain from both courses.

luminescence dating, ceramic petrology, early vitreous materials analysis, and stable isotope dietary studies.

The notes cover the basic principles of igneous petrology including magma crystallization, igneous petrology including magma crystallization, igneous textures, magmatic differentiation and the naming of igneous rocks.

It is, however, a hornblende granite and does not possess the mineralogical composition of the syenites of modern petrology.

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irXivOos, a tile), in petrology, a dark grey or dark brown crypto-crystalline substance which has an almost vitreous lustre, and when pure appears structureless to the unaided eye.

aA'ecv, to split), in petrology, metamorphic rocks which have a fissile character.

His chief work was in microscopic petrology, to the study of which he was attracted by the investigations of Dr H.

Synonyms:

lithology, geomorphology, morphology,