petrologist|petrologists in English
noun
[pɪ'trɑlədʒɪst /-'trɒl-]
one who studies rocks
Use "petrologist|petrologists" in a sentence
1. It was named after Russian petrologist, N.G. Sudovikov who lived from 1903 to 1966.
2. Most western geologist s and petrologists consider petroleum abiogenic theories implausible and believe the biogenic theory of 'fossil fuel' formation adequately explains all observed fossil fuel deposits.
3. Further problems related to adjectival modifiers may particularly concern petrologists: (a) many modifiers remain formally undefined, so that there is no way of consistently distinguishing, say, ‘subcalcic augite’ from ‘augite’; (b) other modifiers are applied inconsistently in the report; (c) there is imbalance among modifiers: for example, aluminian applies to many more pyroxenes than titanian, even though the defined limits (>0,1 PFU) are the same.