diagenesis
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Definition & Meaning of "diagenesis"in English

Diagenesis
01

the physical and chemical changes occurring in sediments between their deposition and their consolidation into sedimentary rock 

Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Uncountable
Plural form
diageneses
Examples
Diagenesis refers to the physical, chemical, and biological changes that sediments undergo after deposition and before lithification. 
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