geobarometryn.
/ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)bəˈrɒmᵻtri/, U.S. /ˌdʒioʊbəˈrɑmətri/ Geology.
The use of a geobarometer; the practice of making inferences about the pressure under which a rock was formed from some present-day feature of it (cf. geobarometer n. 2).
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1958 Econ. Geol. 53 705 This points up the need for research directed towards extending and improving the methods of ‘geobarometry’ of ore deposits.
1989 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 97 435/2 It is important to know how much faith can be placed upon the results of geothermometry and geobarometry.
2001 A. B. Watts Isostasy & Flexure of Lithosphere vii. 346 There is evidence from geobarometry that large amounts of material have indeed been removed from highly deformed interiors of orogenic belts.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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