Physical character of rocks.
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The lithology of a rock unit is a description of its physical characteristics visible at outcrop, in hand or core samples or with low magnification microscopy, such as colour, texture, grain size, or composition. It may be either a detailed description of these characteristics or be a summary of the gross physical character of a rock. It is the ba...
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study of rocks
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• (n.) The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature. • (n.) A treatise on stones found in the body.
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(from the article `river`) Lithology is significant mainly in connection with permeability. The capacity of karst to swallow and to reissue water is well known, as is the role ... ...the Devonian sediments are frequently metamorphosed into slates and schists and often lose all the characteristics by which they may be dated. In ... On...
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(from the article `urology`) The modern specialty derives directly from the medieval lithologists, who were itinerant healers specializing in the surgical removal of bladder ...
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The character of a rock described in terms of its structure, color, mineral composition, grain size, and arrangement of its component parts; all those visible features that in the aggregate impart individuality of the rock. Lithology is the basis of correlation in coal mines and commonly is reliable over a distance of a few miles.
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lithology. The description of rock composition (what it's made of) and texture.
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The description of rocks on the basis of color, structure, mineral composition, and grain size; the physical character of a rock.
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The study and description of rocks, including their mineral composition and texture. Also used in re
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The study of rocks and therefore the description of different formations encountered by a well
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Li·thol'o·gy noun [
Litho- +
-logy : confer French
lithologie .]
1. The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.
2. (Medicine) A treatise on stones found in the body.
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The character of a rock described in terms of its structure, color, mineral composition, grain size, and arrangement of its component parts; all those visible features that in the aggregate impart individuality of the rock. Lithology is the basis of correlation in coal mines and commonly is reliable over a distance of a few miles.
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The systematic description of rocks, in terms of mineral composition and texture.
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Mineralogy, grain size, texture, and other physical properties of granular soil, sediment, or rock.
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(a) The description of rocks, esp. sedimentary clastics are esp. in hand specimen and in outcrop, on the basis of such characteristics as color, structures, mineralogic composition, and grain size. As originally used, `Lithology` was essentially synonymous with petrography as currently defined. (b) The physical character of a rock. Adj: lithologi...
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