Citations:geopetal

Adjective: "(of a rock or rock sequence) exhibiting, or relating to, features that indicate whether it has been overturned, or whether it lies in the orientation that it was initially deposited"

 * 1992 — Laurence M. Nuelle, Warren C. Day, Gary B. Sidder, Cheryl M. Seeger, "Geology and Paragenesis of the Pea Ridge Iron Ore Mine, Washington County, Missouri—Origin of the Rare-Earth-Element- and Gold-Bearing Breccia Pipes", published in Strategic and Critical Minerals in the Midcontinent Region, United States, page A1
 * Geopetal structures within void spaces in one of the REE-bearing breccia pipes indicate that the magnetite deposit has not been tilted significantly since emplacement of the breccia pipes.
 * 1999 — Rachel Wood, "Case Study 3.1: Little Dal Group, Mackenzie Mountains, north-western Canada (Neoproterozoic: 1100-780 Ma)", Reef Evolution, page 42
 * Geopetal structures several centimetres wide within the primary cavities are common, and early marine cement is abundant.

Adjective: "moving towards the ground"

 * 1959 — Martin Kirchmayer, "Über ein Geopetalgefüge im Chert (Flint) von Nevada, USA", published in Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie: Monatshefte, page 209
 * It has been assumed that the geopetal direction of the sedimentation and the direction during the diagenetic process is the same.
 * 1983 — G. J. J. Aleva, "On Weathering and Denudation of Humid Tropical Interfluves and Their Triple Planation Surfaces", published in Geologie en Mijnbouw, Volume 62, page 387
 * Weathering and denudation are processes that proceed from the earth's surface downwards, they are geopetal.

Adjective: "moving towards the Earth"

 * 1978 — Jaromír Hrbek, Radiational Theory of Gravitation and Structure of Matter: Gravitation as an Inexhaustible Source of Energy, page 249
 * When the Moon passes through the meridian, the speed of light is changed along the E - M connecting line: it increases in both directions (geofugal and geopetal) compared with the speeds measured in the same place when the Moon is in its nadir.