がんせきがく

がんせきがく【岩石学】

lithology; petrology; the study of rocks. lithological, petrologic(al) adj.

記載岩石学 petrography; the description and classification of rocks.

成因岩石学 petrology; petrogenesis; the study of the origin and formation of rocks.

岩石学者 a lithologist; a petrologist.