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lithogenetic

lithogenetic adjective: relating to lithogenesis.

Adjective

lithogenetic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to lithogenesis.
    • This paper is intended to be strictly stratigraphic, to show lithologic and lithogenetic units as mapped in the field, to present detailed measured and described sections of these units, and to give their relationship one to the other.1951, Max B Payne, Type Moreno formation and overlying Eocene strata on the West Side of the San Joaquin Valley, Fresno and Merced Counties, California, page 5

Questions about lithogenetic

What does lithogenetic mean?
Lithogenetic means relating to lithogenesis.
What part of speech is lithogenetic?
Lithogenetic is an adjective.

Words near lithogenetic in the dictionary

  1. lithofracteur
  2. lithofractor
  3. lithog.
  4. lithogenesis
  5. lithogenesy
  6. lithogenetic
  7. lithogenic
  8. lithogenicity
  9. lithogenous
  10. lithogeny
  11. lithogeochemical

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