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petrofabrics

petrofabrics noun: the analysis of rock fabric.

Noun

petrofabrics (uncountable)

  1. The analysis of rock fabric.
    • Specimens of crystalline rock were ground to paper thinness, peered at under the microscope where the force lines spring to view. By plotting hundreds of force lines from different parts of a mountain, he deduces the slidings and thrustings that formed the mountain. He calls his method...1933 August 7, “Penrose's Party”, in TIME Magazine, volume 22, number 6
    • Elastic properties of crustal rocks derived from petrofabrics are also useful to characterize seismic reflectors detected during deep continental seismic reflection profiling (e.g., COCORP, ECORS, DCORP, etc.)1996 December 17, D.G. De Paor, Structural Geology and Personal Computers, Elsevier, page 168

Examples of petrofabrics in a sentence

  • He calls his method petrofabrics, thinks it may prove useful in locating ore veins.1933 August 7, “Penrose's Party”, in TIME Magazine, volume 22, number 6:
  • Seep carbonates throughout the geological record share similar petrofabrics, specifically botryoidal cements, yellow calcite, micrite, and micropeloids.2022 August 30, Andrzej Kaim, J. Kirk Cochran, Neil H. Landman, Ancient Hydrocarbon Seeps, Springer Nature, page 118:

Origin of petrofabrics

From petro- + fabric.

Questions about petrofabrics

What does petrofabrics mean?
Petrofabrics means the analysis of rock fabric.
How do you use petrofabrics in a sentence?
He calls his method petrofabrics, thinks it may prove useful in locating ore veins.
What part of speech is petrofabrics?
Petrofabrics is a noun.

Words near petrofabrics in the dictionary

  1. petrodollars
  2. Petrodvorets
  3. petroeuro
  4. petroeuros
  5. petrofabric
  6. petrofabrics
  7. Petroff
  8. Petroffs
  9. petrofiction
  10. petrofictions
  11. petroform

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