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Definition of Dolomitization
1. Noun. (geology) The conversion of a limestone rock into dolomite by replacement of calcium by magnesium ¹
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Definition of Dolomitization
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dolomitization
Literary usage of Dolomitization
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE RESULTS OF A STUDY OF dolomitization THE writer
believes that most dolomites were formed in the sea. Facts favoring this view ..."
2. Metamorphic Geology: A Text-book by Charles Kenneth Leith, Warren Judson Mead (1915)
"dolomitization OF LIMESTONE The dolomitization of limestone is described under
a separate heading for the reason that it may be only partly an anamorphic ..."
3. Text-book of Geology by Sir Archibald Geikie (1902)
"dolomitization.—Another alteration which, from the labors of Von Buch, received
in the early decades of the 19th century much attention from geologists, ..."
4. Bulletin by Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1905)
"In 1898 Mr. Stanley Gardineri attributed the dolomitization of coral islands to
the greater insolubility, in water containing carbon dioxide, of the double ..."
5. Summary of Progress of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum by Geological Survey of Great Britain (1907)
"Similar dolomitization, however, has affected practically the whole of the ...
There, dolomitization in the lower part of the zone increases northwards to ..."
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