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petrography

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petrography [pə′träg·rə·fē]
(geology)
The branch of geology that deals with the description and systematic classification of rocks, especially by means of microscopic examination.


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Microbeam techniques (imaging, trace elements, isotopes) straddle this line, and thin section petrography and image analysis connect the two subgroups.
Investigations of burial diagenesis in carbonate hydrocarbon ... by Machel, Hans G. / Geoscience Canada
Petrography of Cementitious Materials, ASTM STP 1215, Philadelphia, PA (1993).
Contributions of NIST/NBS researchers to the crystallography of ... by Stutzman, Paul / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Kazansky of the Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry in Moscow.
Inner space: the Soviet Union and West Germany delve into earth's ... by Monastersky, Richard / Science News
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