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EPIDIAGENESE [1 record]

Record 1 2010-11-15

English

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

The reactions that take place in a previously lithified sediment.

CONT

... three diagenetic phases are recognized: syndiagenesis, anadiagenesis, and epidiagenesis. ... Epidiagenesis includes those sediment-modifying processes that take place during and after uplift and emergence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
  • Géochimie
CONT

La diagenèse se poursuit après que le sédiment ait été soustrait à l'action directe de l'eau de mer, sans qu'il atteigne le stade métamorphique, [...] et avant qu'il ne subisse l'altération météoritique(stade [...] d’«épidiagenèse»).

Spanish

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