💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lithogenesis"
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| Word | Definition |
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| lithogenynoun | The formation of rock; lithogenesis. |
| lithificationnoun | (geology) The compaction and cementation of sediment into rock. |
| lithochemistrynoun | The chemistry of rocks or stones. |
| lithogenicitynoun | The condition of being lithogenic |
| lithicnoun | (anthropology) A stone tool or projectile. |
| lithologynoun | (uncountable) The study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification. |
| lithofaciesnoun | (geology) A subdivision of any stratigraphic unit that has characteristic lithologic features |
| litharenitenoun | (geology) A lithic sandstone |
| lithogeochemistrynoun | (geology, chemistry, mining) The scientific study of the composition, structure, properties and reactions of stone and mineral from the earth. |
| minerogenesisnoun | (geology) The formation of minerals. |
| neogenesisnoun | (biology) The regeneration of tissue. |
| petrogenesisnoun | The study of the origin of rocks, especially igneous and metamorphic rocks. |
| lithiasisnoun | (medicine) The process of forming stonelike deposits or calculi formed in an internal organ, such as a gallstone in the gall bladder. |
| lithoserenoun | A sere originating on rock; a plant succession that begins life on a newly exposed rock surface, such as one left bare as a result of glacial retreat, tectonic uplift, or volcanic eruptions. |
| lithozonenoun | (geology) A lithostratigraphic unit: an interval of geological strata defined on the basis of its characteristic lithostratigraphy. |
| crystallogenesisnoun | (geology) The formation of crystalline minerals. |
| geolithologynoun | (geology) (the study of) the distribution of different types of stone |
| lithosomenoun | (geology) A uniform mass of rock that has different lithology to that of the surrounding rock. |
| autolithnoun | (geology) A rock fragment that has become enveloped in a larger rock of a similar type, during the latter's development and hardening. |
| sedimentary rocknoun | (geology) One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the deposition of either the weathered remains of other rocks, the results of biological activity, or precipitation from solution. |
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