PETROLOGY

Petrology
➔ Study of Rocks (Petro = rock; and logos = study)
➔ Petrolography deals with the descriptive part of the rock and
petrogeny (geny=genesis=origin) deals with the mode of formation
rocks.
Table of contents

01
Classification
02
Igneous
of Rocks

03 04
Sedimentary Metamorphic
Rocks!
● an aggregate of minerals
● a unit of Earth’s crust
01
Classification
of Rocks
Physical Classification

STRATIFIE UNSTRATIFIED
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CHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION

ARGILLACEOUS SILICIOUS CALCAREOUS

GEOLOGICAL
CLASSIFICATION

IGNEOUS SEDIMENTARY

METAMORPHIC
 02
Igneous Rocks
Igneous Rocks
● Ignis = fire
● Called primary rocks
● Most abundant rocks in the Earth’s
crust
Typical Characters of
Igneous Rocks
➔ Characterized by the
presence of crystalline
minerals and interlocking
texture
➔ Massive
➔ Unstratified
➔ Unfossiliferous
Typical Characters of
Igneous Rocks

➔ Extremely fine-grained
Formation of Rocks

Magma
Formation of Igneous Rocks

BASALT TRAP
Formation of Igneous Rocks

GRANITE
Igneous rocks in CE
Basalt

Flooring Cablestone Railroad Track Ballast

Igneous rocks in CE
Pumice
Igneous rocks in CE
Gabbro

Concrete Aggregate
Igneous rocks in CE
Granite

Bridge Building
Igneous rocks in CE
Diorite

Flooring and Landscaping

References
● Petrology
● Igneous Rock- Definition, Identification and Types - Civil Engineering
● https://www.nps.gov/subjects/geology/igneous.htm
Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VoFHgHWnwh5IIi8GF67MlE7Am8V6t2BwxstNBL6ouQw/edit?usp=sharing