Carbonate is initially precipitated in the ocean as metastable calcite and/or aragonite, and is subsequently transformed into stable interlocking crystals of low-Mg calcite and/or dolomite. In this ...
Nom féminin géol. (anglais : lithification) Processus de transformation d'un sédiment meuble en roche consolidée par compaction et cimentation. Syn. Diagénèse ou lapidification. Comprendre le ...