DEDOLOMITIZATION


Meaning of DEDOLOMITIZATION in English

/dee doh'leuh muy'teuh zay"sheuhn, -mi-, -dol'euh-/ , n. Geol., Petrol.

a metamorphic process in which the magnesium in dolomitic rock forms new minerals, as brucite and forsterite, and the calcium forms calcite.

[ DE- + DOLOMITIZATION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .