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DIC_ALTERATION

Dictionary table for processes (or results of processes) leading to modification of the fabric, composition, or other physical or chemical property of a pre-existing rock or sediment.

No. Column name Data type Notes
1 CODE Varchar(6) Primary key
2 DESCRIPTION Varchar(500)  
3 TRANSLATION Varchar(50)  
4 STATUS Char(1)  
5 DATE_ENTERED Date  
6 DATE_UPDATED Date  


Sample data (rows 1 to 20 of 26)

CODE DESCRIPTION TRANSLATION STATUS DATE_ENTERED DATE_UPDATED
DOLOM  PROCESS THAT PARTLY OR WHOLLY CONVERTS AN ORIGINAL CALCIUM CARBONATE ROCK OR SEDIMENT INTO THE MINERAL DOLOMITE  DOLOMITISATION  C  10-JUN-04   
FLT_B  BRECCIA FORMED BY MECHANICAL FRACTURE AND BREAK UP OF ROCK ASSOCIATED WITH FAULTING (CATACLASIS)  FAULT_BRECCIA  C  10-JUN-04   
SH  ZONE ACROSS WHICH BLOCKS OF ROCK HAVE BEEN DISPLACED IN A FAULT-LIKE MANNER; THE ZONE MAY BE WITHOUT VISIBLE FRACTURES, OR CONTAIN A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF CLOSELY SPACED ANASTOMOSING FRACTURES  SHEARING  C  10-JUN-04  16-NOV-04 
HYD_TA  ALTERATION ASSOCIATED WITH HEATED OR SUPERHEATED WATER  HYDROTHERMAL_ALTERATION  C  10-JUN-04   
META_A  THERMAL METAMORPHISM OF ADJACENT COUNTRY ROCK ASSOCIATED WITH AN IGNEOUS INTRUSION  CONTACT_METAMORPHISM  C  10-JUN-04   
META_R  REGIONAL SCALE METAMORPHISM RESULTING FROM THE COMBINED ACTION OF HEAT AND 'PRESSURE' (BURIAL OR DYNAMIC), ASSOCIATED WITH OROGENESIS  REGIONAL_METAMORPHISM  C  10-JUN-04   
MIGMAT  PERVASIVE INJECTION OF GRANITIC MATERIAL INTO A HOST ROCK, RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE THERMAL ALTERA\TION AND DESTRUCTION OF PRE-EXISTING FABRIC  MIGMATISATION  C  10-JUN-04   
REDDEN  RED STAINING PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH SECONDARY OXIDISATION OF IRON-BEARING MINERALS WITHIN A ROCK OR SEDIMENT  REDDENING  C  10-JUN-04   
PEDGEN  PROCESS OF SOIL FORMATION IN A SUB-AERIALLY EXPOSED ROCK OR SEDIMENT  PEDOGENESIS  C  10-JUN-04   
JOINT  PERVASIVE, NON-DISPLACIVE FRACTURING OF ROCK  JOINTING  C  10-JUN-04   
ALBIT  INTRODUCTION OF, OR SECONDARY REPLACEMENT (USUALLY OF CALCIC PLAGIOCLASE) BY THE MINERAL ALBITE  ALBITISATION  C  10-JUN-04   
BRECCN  BRECCIA FORMATION DUE TO MECHANICAL FRACTURE AND BREAK UP OF ROCK (CATACLASIS)  BRECCIATION  C  10-JUN-04   
MYLO  INTENSE FRACTURING AND SHEARING OF ROCK AT THE CRYSTALLINE SCALE, RESULTING IN A FINE-GRAINED, COMMONLY FOLIATED 'ROCK FLOUR'  MYLONITISATION  C  10-JUN-04   
P_MYLO  LESS INTENSE FORM OF MYLONITISATION, LEAVING VESTIGES OF THE ORIGINAL FABRIC IN THE DEFORMED ROCK. ALSO APPLIED TO MYLONITISATION ASSOCIATED WITH IGNEOUS INTRUSION CONTACTS.  PROTO-MYLONITISATION  C  10-JUN-04   
GN_V  PERVASIVE GRANITIC VEINING  GRANITE_VEINING  C  10-JUN-04   
PEG_V  PERVASIVE PEGMATITIC VEINING  PEGMATITE_VEINING  C  10-JUN-04   
PGGN_V  PERVASIVE GRANITE AND PEGMATITE VEINING  GRANITE-PEGMATITE_VEINING  C  10-JUN-04   
DI_V  PERVASIVE DIORITE VEINING  DIORITE_VEINING  C  10-JUN-04   
GD_V  PERVASIVE GRANODIORITE VEINING  GRANODIORITE_VEINING  C  10-JUN-04   
VQ_V  PERVASIVE QUARTZ VEINING  QUARTZ_VEINING  C  10-JUN-04