Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- As regards petrology or petrological investigation or conditions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb According to petrology.
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- adverb In a
petrological way.
Etymologies
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Examples
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We have sampled a large number of different clay materials from all over the territory that will be characterized petrologically, mineralogically, and chemically by Ph.D. students Bert Neyt and Dennis Braekmans to get insights into the nature of local pottery activities throughout centuries.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Isotope Archaeology Survey Report 1 2003
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Since there is a strong (geo) chemical coherence between REE elements and iron, Nd isotopes will be very sensitive to variations in petrologically different types of ores used for iron smelting.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Isotope Archaeology Survey Report 1 2003
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The sedimentary package preserving UMNH VP 18040 is petrologically identical to laterally equivalent sandstones, but lacks both small and large scale indicators of eolian deposition including foreset cross-bedding.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010
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