It is called petrology.
It is called petrology.
Petrology, which is a branch of geology.
Geology.study of earth and rock
They could be a rock-hound, a geologist, a petrologist, or a mineralogist, depending on their educational background and field of interest.Petrologists study rocks and mineralogists study minerals.
people who specialize in rock fossils are called paleontologists
a person who study about earthquakes rock :)
the study of the past life me is the key to the futrue
Rockhound. Those who study this professionally are called petrologists.
Glaciers that have frozen to rock are sometimes known as rock glaciers. They can also be referred to as a mountain glacier or an alpine glacier. The study of glaciers is called glaciology.
Question is not stated properly. What it seems to be asking is the relationship between rocks and Geology. Rocks are basically what the Earth is made of...you have tiny tiny rocks....great big giant rocks....melted rock. Everything that is not water or air is rock and is therefore a part of the study of the Earth...that we call Geology.
They study rock layers.
To become conversant with rock formations one would need to study the Earth Scienes. The study of geology would lead one to become conversant with rock formations.
rock called basalt
It wouldn't be a chemist; a type of scientist called a petrologist or mineralogist studies rocks and their minerals.