dolomitize
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dolomitize (third-person singular simple present dolomitizes, present participle dolomitizing, simple past and past participle dolomitized)
- (geology, transitive) To modify by dolomitization.
- 1989, C.H. Moore, Carbonate Diagenesis and Porosity, page 270:
- If the dolomitization event only partially dolomitizes a sequence, and the remaining CaC03 is not removed by dissolution, the tendency is for no enhancement of porosity.