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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.
Row | CODE | DESCRIPTION | TRANSLATION | STATUS | DATE_ENTERED | DATE_UPDATED |
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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 | |
21 | MIN_U | PROCESS RESULTING IN INTRODUCTION OF NEW MINERALS INTO PRE-EXISTING ROCK BY A VARIETY OF PROCESSES | MINERALISATION_UNDIFFERENTIATED | C | 10-JUN-04 | |
22 | WEA_U | IN SITU MECHANICAL AND/OR CHEMICAL BREAKDOWN AND DECOMPOSITION OF ROCK OR SEDIMENT, BY EXPOSURE TO METEOROLOGICAL AND BIOGENIC PROCESSES | WEATHERING_UNDIFFERENTIATED | C | 10-JUN-04 | |
23 | - | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | C | 10-JUN-04 | |
24 | ! | NOT AVAILABLE | NOT AVAILABLE | C | 10-JUN-04 | |
25 | ? | NOT ENTERED | NOT ENTERED | C | 10-JUN-04 | |
26 | APLT_V | Pervasive aplitic veining | APLITE_VEINING | C | 30-JUL-04 |