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DIC_ALTERATION (26 rows)
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.

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Row	CODE	DESCRIPTION	TRANSLATION	STATUS	DATE_ENTERED	DATE_UPDATED
1	DOLOM	PROCESS THAT PARTLY OR WHOLLY CONVERTS AN ORIGINAL CALCIUM CARBONATE ROCK OR SEDIMENT INTO THE MINERAL DOLOMITE	DOLOMITISATION	C	10-JUN-04
2	FLT_B	BRECCIA FORMED BY MECHANICAL FRACTURE AND BREAK UP OF ROCK ASSOCIATED WITH FAULTING (CATACLASIS)	FAULT_BRECCIA	C	10-JUN-04
3	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
4	HYD_TA	ALTERATION ASSOCIATED WITH HEATED OR SUPERHEATED WATER	HYDROTHERMAL_ALTERATION	C	10-JUN-04
5	META_A	THERMAL METAMORPHISM OF ADJACENT COUNTRY ROCK ASSOCIATED WITH AN IGNEOUS INTRUSION	CONTACT_METAMORPHISM	C	10-JUN-04
6	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
7	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
8	REDDEN	RED STAINING PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH SECONDARY OXIDISATION OF IRON-BEARING MINERALS WITHIN A ROCK OR SEDIMENT	REDDENING	C	10-JUN-04
9	PEDGEN	PROCESS OF SOIL FORMATION IN A SUB-AERIALLY EXPOSED ROCK OR SEDIMENT	PEDOGENESIS	C	10-JUN-04
10	JOINT	PERVASIVE, NON-DISPLACIVE FRACTURING OF ROCK	JOINTING	C	10-JUN-04
11	ALBIT	INTRODUCTION OF, OR SECONDARY REPLACEMENT (USUALLY OF CALCIC PLAGIOCLASE) BY THE MINERAL ALBITE	ALBITISATION	C	10-JUN-04
12	BRECCN	BRECCIA FORMATION DUE TO MECHANICAL FRACTURE AND BREAK UP OF ROCK (CATACLASIS)	BRECCIATION	C	10-JUN-04
13	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
14	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
15	GN_V	PERVASIVE GRANITIC VEINING	GRANITE_VEINING	C	10-JUN-04
16	PEG_V	PERVASIVE PEGMATITIC VEINING	PEGMATITE_VEINING	C	10-JUN-04
17	PGGN_V	PERVASIVE GRANITE AND PEGMATITE VEINING	GRANITE-PEGMATITE_VEINING	C	10-JUN-04
18	DI_V	PERVASIVE DIORITE VEINING	DIORITE_VEINING	C	10-JUN-04
19	GD_V	PERVASIVE GRANODIORITE VEINING	GRANODIORITE_VEINING	C	10-JUN-04
20	VQ_V	PERVASIVE QUARTZ VEINING	QUARTZ_VEINING	C	10-JUN-04

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