treated as singularThe branch of geology concerned with the structure of rocks, especially as a guide to their past movements.
岩石构成学
Example sentencesExamples
Petrotectonics and structural petrology are significant tools for crystal deformation in the Garhwal region.
Need for systematic studies on structure, petrology, petrotectonics and mineralisation has been realised in recent times for establishing the evolutionary history of the Precambrian terrain.
Derivatives
petrotectonic
adjective
The Yangkou gabbro-to-granite complex is a petrotectonic unit of the Su-Lu ultra high-pressure metamorphic terrane in eastern China.