Petrography Definition

pə-trŏgrə-fē
noun
The branch of petrology that deals with the description and classification of rocks, esp. by means of examination under a microscope.
Webster's New World
The art of writing on stone.
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Other Word Forms of Petrography

Noun

Singular:
petrography
Plural:
petrographies

Petrography Sentence Examples

  • Petrography Elm Park Stone is an oolitic limestone from the great oolite of middle Jurassic age.

  • Three surviving stone lecterns are described and analyzed in terms of their petrography and sculptural style.

  • Faulting mechanisms will be investigated with thin section petrography.

  • The student will be trained in sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy, field and mine mapping, coal petrography and geochemistry.

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