petrography in English

noun
1
the branch of science concerned with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic study.
All aspects of oceanic island rocks, including petrography , volcanology, and geochemistry, are inter-related. Thus, no one scale of observation is entirely satisfactory to understanding their origin.

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1. Aceologic Mineralogy and petrography of fossil plant remains

2. Key words: aggregates, alkali–silica reaction, concrete, petrography, expansion, stiffness, cracking.

3. Key words: aggregates, alkali–silica reaction, concrete expansion, damage rating index, petrography, stiffness damage test, surface cracking.

4. Augitite: In petrography , a non-feldspathic, basaltic rock consisting essentially of augite and magnetite with a generally scanty glass base

5. Key words: alkali-aggregate reaction, alkali-silica reaction, alkali-carbonate reaction, petrography, testing of concrete aggregates, performance of concrete, survey, remedial measures.

6. 7 Ceramics Two general approaches have been much used: thin-section petrography and chemical analysis of the body fabric or composition.

7. Manual of Mineralogy and Petrography: Containing the Elements of the Science by James Dwight Dana (1897) "VARIETIES of Andesyte and Dacite.—a

8. Oceanic Authigenic carbonates are classified according to the origin of carbonate carbon source using a complex methodology that includes methods of sedimentary petrography, mineralogy, isotope

9. Oceanic Authigenic carbonates are classified according to the origin of carbonate carbon source using a complex methodology that includes methods of sedimentary petrography, mineralogy, isotope geochemistry, and microbiology

10. The paper discusses the results in relation to Knoop hardness, Amsler wear, deep abrasion and petrography and concludes that the texture of the rock has the most important influence on the cost of production of polished slabs.

11. Authigenic carbonates recovered from two newly discovered active cold seeps on the northwestern slope of the South China Sea have been studied using petrography, mineralogy, stable carbon and oxygen isotopic, as well as trace element compositions, together with AMS 14 C ages of shells of seep-dwelling bivalves to unravel fluid sources, formation conditions, and seepage dynamics.