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 ...
Microbialites accrete where environmental conditions and microbial metabolisms promote lithification, commonly through carbonate cementation. On Little Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands, ...
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