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LAPIDIFICATION [1 record]

Record 1 2003-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
  • Petrography
  • Geochemistry
DEF

The conversion of a newly deposited, unconsolidated sediment into a coherent, solid rock, involving processes such as cementation, compaction, desiccation, crystallization.

CONT

About 90% of the rocks exposed at the surface of the continents above the shoreline were formed by the lithification of sediment that was laid down in past ocean environments.

CONT

... irregular to conformable autointrusions ... were emplaced during the lithification and cooling of the host intrusive rocks ...

OBS

lapidification: An obsolete term signifying the conversion into stone or stony material, such as the process of petrification or lithification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géochimie
DEF

[...] passage [d'un sédiment meuble] à l'état de roche cohérente.

CONT

L'étude du ciment [...] sur les rivages [...] varie selon la lithification [qui] s'est faite dans la nappe de sédiments balayant l'ancienne plage.

CONT

[...] la mise en place de cette minéralisation s'est produite au cours de la lithification et du refroidissement des roches intrusives hôtes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Erosión y corrosión (Geología)
  • Petrografía
  • Geoquímica
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