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AQUATOLYSE [1 record]

Record 1 2001-02-27

English

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

... the chemical and physicochemical processes that occur in a freshwater environment during transportation, weathering, and preburial diagenesis of sediments.

OBS

A term proposed by Muller (1967, ...)

French

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

[...] décomposition que peuvent subir les minéraux silicatés primaires, finement divisés, au cours du transport dans les fleuves avant que ceux-ci n'atteignent la mer.

CONT

Il existe un ensemble de transformations exogènes, que l'on a groupées sous le nom de katamorphisme : transformation des roches originelles in situ [...] mais aussi transformation des nouvelles roches néoformées lors de leur transport par les fleuves (aquatolyse) et transformation finale pendant le dépôt au fond des mers (halmyrolyse); [...]

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