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Geology studys the Earth's materials and processes that shape them, Petrology is a sub discipline that deals specifically with the study of rocks, their occurrence, composition, and origin.
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What is the study of rock called?
It is called petrology.
What is the geology of rocks and stones?
petrology
Petrology is the study of what?
Petrology is the branch of Geology which studies rocks and the conditions in which rock forms.
What has the author Ray Robert written?
Ray Robert has written: 'Petrology and tectonic evolution of the Bowers supergroup, northern Victoria Land, Antarctica' -- subject(s): Geology, Geology, Stratigraphic, Petrology, Stratigraphic Geology
What is the term used for the study of rocks?
The scientific study or rocks and rock forming minerals is known as petrology. It is a sub branch of geology.
What is the science of rocks?
The science that deals with Earth's history of rocks is called geology. There are geologists that study rocks for a living.
What branch of earth science do mineralogist study?
Geology or Petrology
What is petrology?
The branch of geology that deals with the origin, composition, structure, and alteration of rocks.
What has the author Victor Eric Camp written?
Victor Eric Camp has written: 'The mineralogy and petrology of a contact aureole, Jefferson County, Montana' -- subject(s): Petrology, Geology, Metamorphism (Geology)
What has the author Joe D Dragovich written?
Joe D Dragovich has written: 'Petrology and structure of the Cascade River schist, in the Sibley Creek area, northern Cascades, Washington' -- subject(s): Geology, Structural, Metamorphism (Geology), Petrology, Schists, Structural Geology
What type of scientists that do the study of rocks are called?
The study of rocks is called Petrology, and the scientists that study them are called petrologists. Petrology is a sub branch of geology.
What has the author William A Padgham written?
William A. Padgham has written: 'The geology of the Otter Lake area' -- subject(s): Geology, Petrology
