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definition
The study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification.
definition
The general composition of a rock or rock sequence.
Examples of lithology in a Sentence
Outcrops of Corvanaghan Formation, showing lithology and structural features.
These figures refer to cliff top recession, and they generalize local differences due to contrasts of rock lithology and structure.
Wellsite lithology logs often display cuttings lithology data in one column and interpreted lithology in another.
The sub-horizontal fissures in the breccia are infilled with laminated shale of identical lithology to the overlying basal bed of the Blue Lias Formation.
In subdividing the strata of the Carboniferous system and correlating the major divisions in different areas, just as in other great systems, use has to be made of the fossil contents of the rocks; stratigraphical units, based on lithology, are useless for this purpose.