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métamorphisme (Fr.); metamorfismo (Port.)
 
métamorphisme (Fr.); metamorfismo (Port.)
  
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== Sources Checked for Data in Record ==
  
 
* Submitted information  Comment: José Delgado Rodrigues, LNEC, 2009.
 
* Submitted information  Comment: José Delgado Rodrigues, LNEC, 2009.

Revision as of 12:43, 1 May 2016

Description

Process by which consolidated rocks are altered in their nature adjusting the mineralogical composition, structure, and texture to the different physico-chemical conditions existing in the earth. Diagenesis is usually not considered as metamorphism.

Synonyms and Related Terms

métamorphisme (Fr.); metamorfismo (Port.)

Sources Checked for Data in Record

  • Submitted information Comment: José Delgado Rodrigues, LNEC, 2009.

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