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Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Oceanography, Petrology.
Geology is the study of the formation and history of the solid earth and the materials of which it is composed. As such the study of rocks is a sub-branch of geology specifically known as petrology.
Geology vs. GeographyCorrection: Geology is the study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth. The study of minerals is mineralogy. The study of rocks is petrology. Mineralogy and petrology are sub-disciplines of geology. AnswerOne of the founders of geology thought the new science should be called "natural geography." This makes for an interesting comparison. Geology is to geography what natural history is to history.Geography deals with national borders and the lines that humans have made on the earth. Geology deals with the natural structure of the earth and the formation of it's rocks and minerals.
The branch of geology that deals with the origin, composition, structure, and alteration of rocks.
The following are only a few: Economic Geology Geomorphology Hydrogeology Mineralogy Crystallography Oceanography Palaeontology Petrology Plate tectonics / Rheology Volcanology Sedimentology Stratigraphy Seismology Structural Geology Geochemistry (Isotope Geology)
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Geology Petrology Mineralogy Optical Crystallography Gemmology
Victor Eric Camp has written: 'The mineralogy and petrology of a contact aureole, Jefferson County, Montana' -- subject(s): Petrology, Geology, Metamorphism (Geology)
The scientific study or rocks and rock forming minerals is known as petrology. It is a sub branch of geology.
Arthur Montgomery has written: 'The mineralogy of Pennsylvania, 1922-1965' -- subject(s): Mineralogy 'Pre-Cambrian geology of the Picuris Range, north central New Mexico' -- subject(s): Geology, Geology, Stratigraphic, Mines and mineral resources, Petrology, Stratigraphic Geology
Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Oceanography, Petrology.
1.Geology 2.Meteorology 3.Mineralogy 4.Oceanography 5.Palaeontology 6.Petrology
Brian Simpson has written: 'Rocks and minerals' -- subject(s): Mineralogy, Petrology 'Minerals and rocks' -- subject(s): Mineralogy, Petrology 'Children And Television (Continuum Studies in Citizenship)' 'Geological map exercises' -- subject(s): Geology, Maps
Geology is the study of the formation and history of the solid earth and the materials of which it is composed. As such the study of rocks is a sub-branch of geology specifically known as petrology.
John Roberts Cooper has written: 'Geology of the southern half of the Bay of islands igneous complex' -- subject(s): Petrology, Geology, Mineralogy 'Geology and mineral deposits of the Hare Bay area' -- subject(s): Geology
The study of minerals is called mineralogy. The study of rocks is called petrology.
It is called petrology.