lithology

description of a rock unit's physical characteristics visible at outcrop, in hand or core samples, or with low magnification microscopy
Intangible academic_discipline Q6538759
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lithology

Summary

lithology is an academic discipline[1]. lithology draws 75 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #258 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • lithology's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • lithology's instance of is recorded as branch of geology[4].
  • lithology's instance of is recorded as field of study[5].
  • lithology's subclass of is recorded as petrology[6].
  • lithology's Commons category is recorded as Lithology[7].
  • lithology's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dscgxs[8].
  • lithology's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lithology[9].
  • lithology's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300386791[10].
  • lithology's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0131597[11].
  • lithology's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0240180[12].
  • lithology's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[13].
  • lithology's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/lithology-geology[14].
  • lithology's Great Aragonese Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 8056[15].
  • lithology's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2147793[16].
  • lithology's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as lithology[17].
  • lithology's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrtQYOKHx5tGa[18].
  • lithology's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as litologi[19].
  • lithology's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 010106[20].
  • lithology's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 122792734[21].
  • lithology's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C122792734[22].
  • lithology's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as petrologia[23].
  • lithology's Georgian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 28708[24].

Why It Matters

lithology draws 75 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #258 of 1,010).[2] lithology has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] lithology is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lithology_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{lithology}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lithology}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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