GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

MINERALOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The study of rocks in the laboratory as hand specimens with a view to analyse and discuss their texture, mineral composition, chemical composition is called as
A
(a) petrography
B
hydrogeology
C
pedology
D
any of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -petrology, scientific study of rocks that deals with their composition, texture, and structure; their occurrence and distribution; and their origin in relation to physicochemical conditions and geologic processes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Petrography. The systematic description of geological materials, their composition, and organization, in hand specimens and thin sections. Petrology.

Detailed explanation-3: -Summary of Petrological Analysis The analysis of mineralogical and chemical compositions and pore characteristics of reservoir rocks is essential to uncovering the quality of reservoirs which controls the potential of reservoir rocks to bear resources, such as crude oil and geothermal heat.

Detailed explanation-4: -Petrology is the study of rocks-igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary-and the processes that form and transform them. Mineralogy is the study of the chemistry, crystal structure and physical properties of the mineral constituents of rocks.

Detailed explanation-5: -Petrologic research involves both field studies and laboratory studies. It is a hybrid science that involves aspects of chemistry, mineralogy, physics, geological mapping, and sometimes biology. Petrography, a subdiscipline of petrology, deals specifically with the description and classification of rocks.

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