which they form. Petrology has three subdivisions: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary petrology. Igneous and metamorphic petrology are commonly taught...

Pellets are small spherical to ovoid or rod-shaped grains that are common component of many limestones. They are typically 0.03 to 0.3 mm long and composed...

Igneous petrology is the study of igneous rocks—those that are formed from magma. As a branch of geology, igneous petrology is closely related to volcanology...

feldspar on the A-Q-P half of the diagram. True granite (according to modern petrologic convention) contains between 20% and 60% quartz by volume, with 35% to...

The Journal of Petrology is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal focused on the field of igneous and metamorphic petrology and petrogenesis. The journal...

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media since 1947. The journal is...

Paine Mafic Complex (Patagonia)" (PDF). Journal of Petrology. 55 (5): 917–949. doi:10.1093/petrology/egu011. hdl:20.500.11850/103136. Allibon, J.; Ovtcharova...

branch of geology) determines their absolute ages. By combining various petrological, crystallographic, and paleontological tools, geologists are able to...

of Munro Township, Northeast Ontario". Journal of Petrology. 18 (2): 319–369. doi:10.1093/petrology/18.2.319. Gill, Robin (2010). Igneous rocks and processes:...

βασανίτης (basanites), from βάσανος (basanos, "touchstone"). The modern petrological term basalt, describing a particular composition of lava-derived rock...

Metamorphic petrology is the study of metamorphism. Metamorphic petrologists rely heavily on statistical mechanics and experimental petrology to understand...

Tuff, Valles Caldera, New Mexico, USA". Journal of Petrology. 55 (2): 345–375. doi:10.1093/petrology/egt070. Philpotts & Ague 2009, p. 375. Farndon, John...

Experimental petrology is the field of research concerned with experimentally determining the physical and chemical behavior of rocks and their constituents...

The Fossil and Petrology collections are two heritage-listed fossil and petrology collections located at 947-953 Londonderry Road, Londonderry, City of...

Cumberlandite is a specific type of plutonic rock called a melanocratic troctolite, or melatroctolite. It is the state rock of Rhode Island and can be...

Carmichael, I.S.E. (1964). "The Petrology of Thingmuli, a Tertiary Volcano in Eastern Iceland" (PDF). Journal of Petrology. 5 (3): 435–460. Bibcode:1964JPet...

Ceramic petrography (or ceramic petrology) is a laboratory-based scientific archaeological technique that examines the mineralogical and microstructural...

study of rocks involves multiple subdisciplines of geology, including petrology and mineralogy. It may be limited to rocks found on Earth, or it may include...

Phonolites". Journal of Petrology. 53 (12): 2465–2495. doi:10.1093/petrology/egs056. ISSN 0022-3530. Ridley, W. I., 2012, Petrology of Igneous Rocks, Volcanogenic...

A Hawaiian eruption is a type of volcanic eruption where lava flows from the vent in a relatively gentle, low level eruption; it is so named because it...

geologist at George Washington University, provide greater insight into the petrologic and geochronologic history of the Blue Ridge basement suites. Modern studies...

mountain range do not necessarily have the same geologic structure or petrology. They may be a mix of different orogenic expressions and terranes, for...

Euhedral and anhedral are terms used to describe opposite properties in the formation of crystals. Euhedral (also known as idiomorphic or automorphic)...

"Geodynamic Information in Peridotite Petrology". Journal of Petrology. 45 (12): 2507–2530. doi:10.1093/petrology/egh039. Philpotts & Ague 2009, p. 178...

compositions". Journal of Petrology. 47 (12): 2463–2489. Bibcode:2006JPet...47.2463M. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.573.872. doi:10.1093/petrology/egl051. Mitchell, R....

weathering and shock. Chondrites can also be categorized according to their petrologic type, which is the degree to which they were thermally metamorphosed or...

 6. HSBC Annual Report 2011, p. 2. Davis, Vin; Ixer, Rob (2009). "The Petrology of the Wong Tei Tung Stone Tool Manufacturing Site, Sham Chung, Hong Kong...

is commonly used in geological systems, particularly in experimental petrology. The abbreviations "bar(a)" and "bara" are sometimes used to indicate...

Anthony R.; Ague, Jay J. (2009). Principles of igneous and metamorphic petrology (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 139–143. ISBN 9780521880060...

The Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor (PetDB) is a relational database for global geochemical data on igneous and metamorphic rocks generated at...