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Definition of Diagenesis
1. Noun. (geology) All the chemical, physical, and biological changes sediment goes through during and after lithification, not including weathering or other surface changes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diagenesis
1. [n -GENESES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diagenesis
Literary usage of Diagenesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical and Geological Essays by Thomas Sterry Hunt (1875)
"Professor Dana, in common with most other geologists, admits in his Manual of
Geology the old conception of the production by diagenesis from mechanical ..."
2. The Fundamental Principles of Petrology by Ernst Weinschenk (1916)
"And furthermore, only the insoluble residues were left to be re-formed by
diagenesis, the primeval ocean having undoubtedly leached and precipitated ..."
3. Fluid Flow Through Faults and Fractures in Argillaceous Formations by Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"diagenesis of argillaceous sediments is dependent upon many factors, including
depositional environment, types of clay minerals, amount of organic matter, ..."
4. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"... the reworked and unmodified sediments provide further documentation of
depositional events and postdepositional diagenesis.8"110 Chemical concentrations ..."
5. Mineral Physiology and Physiography: A Second Series of Chemical and by Thomas Sterry Hunt (1891)
"... has termed diagenesis. The changes in the masonry of the old Roman baths in
contact with thermal waters, resulting in the hydration of the substance of ..."
6. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"In the final stages of diagenesis, the redistribution of water and hence ice ...
The subaerial diagenesis that takes place there is characterized by the ..."
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