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diagenesis
Any change occurring within a sediment after its deposition and during and after its lithification, exclusive of weathering. It includes such processes as compaction, cementation, replacement, and crystallization, under normal surficial conditions of pressure and temperature.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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