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PRONUNCIATION OF DIAGENESIS

diagenesis  [ˌdaɪəˈdʒɛnɪsɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIAGENESIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Diagenesis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIAGENESIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

diagenesis

Diagenesis

Diagenesis /ˌdaɪəˈdʒɛnəsɪs/, literally meaning "two origins", is the change of sediments or existing sedimentary rocks into a different sedimentary rock during and after rock formation, at temperatures and pressures less than that required for the formation of metamorphic rocks. It does not include changes from weathering. It is any chemical, physical, or biological change undergone by a sediment after its initial deposition, after its lithification. This process excludes surface alteration and metamorphism. These changes happen at relatively low temperatures and pressures and result in changes to the rock's original mineralogy and texture. There is no sharp boundary between diagenesis and metamorphism, but the latter occurs at higher temperatures and pressures than the former. Hydrothermal solutions, meteoric groundwater, porosity, permeability, solubility, and time are all influential factors. After deposition, sediments are compacted as they are buried beneath successive layers of sediment and cemented by minerals that precipitate from solution. Grains of sediment, rock fragments and fossils can be replaced by other minerals during diagenesis.

Definition of diagenesis in the English dictionary

The definition of diagenesis in the dictionary is the sum of the physical, chemical, and biological changes that take place in sediments as they become consolidated into rocks, including compaction and cementation, but excluding weathering and metamorphic changes. Other definition of diagenesis is recrystallization of a solid to form large crystal grains from smaller ones.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIAGENESIS


abiogenesis
ˌeɪbaɪəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
atherogenesis
ˌæθərəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
biogenesis
ˌbaɪəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
carcinogenesis
ˌkɑːsɪnəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
dysgenesis
dɪsˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
gametogenesis
ˌɡæmɪtəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
genesis
ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
gluconeogenesis
ˌɡluːkəʊˌniːəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
lipogenesis
ˌlɪpəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
morphogenesis
ˌmɔːfəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
mutagenesis
ˌmjuːtəˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
ontogenesis
ˌɒntəˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
oogenesis
ˌəʊəˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
organogenesis
ˌɔːɡənəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
osteogenesis
ˌɒstɪəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
parthenogenesis
ˌpɑːθɪnəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
pathogenesis
ˌpæθəˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
spermatogenesis
ˌspɜːmətəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
thermogenesis
ˌθɜːməʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
tumorigenesis
ˌtjuːmərɪˈdʒɛnɪsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIAGENESIS

diag.
diagenetic
diagenetically
diageotropic
diageotropism
Diaghilev
diaglyph
diagnosability
diagnosable
diagnose
diagnoseable
diagnoses
diagnosis
diagnostic
diagnostical
diagnostically
diagnostician
diagnostics
diagometer
diagonal

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIAGENESIS

agenesis
anamnesis
angiogenesis
anthropogenesis
chondrogenesis
cytokinesis
embryogenesis
histogenesis
kinesis
melanogenesis
neogenesis
neurogenesis
oncogenesis
petrogenesis
psychokinesis
pyrokinesis
steroidogenesis
synthesis
telekinesis
teratogenesis
transgenesis

Synonyms and antonyms of diagenesis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «diagenesis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIAGENESIS

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The translations of diagenesis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «diagenesis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

成岩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

diagénesis
570 millions of speakers

English

diagenesis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

diagenesis
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التحورات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

диагенез
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

diagenesis
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

diagenesis
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

diagenèse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diagenesis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Diagenese
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

続成作用
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

diagenesis
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Diagenesis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

diagenesis
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மீள்பிறப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डायजेजनिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

diyajenmez
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diagenesi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

diageneza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

діагенез
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

diagenesis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαγένεσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

diagenese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

diagenesis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

diagenese
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of diagenesis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIAGENESIS»

The term «diagenesis» is regularly used and occupies the 68.658 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIAGENESIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about diagenesis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIAGENESIS»

Discover the use of diagenesis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to diagenesis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Carbonate Diagenesis and Porosity
The book has been extensively indexed, and includes a large, current reference section. This book should be useful to any geologist interested in, or working with, carbonate sediments and rocks.
C.H. Moore, 1989
2
Sediments, Diagenesis, and Sedimentary Rocks: Treatise on ...
This volume covers the formation and biogeochemistry of a variety of important sediment types from their initial formation through their conversion (diagenesis) to sedimentary rocks.
F.T. Mackenzie, 2005
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Carbonate Diagenesis
This volume presents a collection of these papers with a commentary. The emphasis of the book is on the diagenesis of shallow-marine carbonate sediments and the editors have chosen 12 papers which are reproduced in full.
M. E. Tucker, R. G. C. Bathurst, 2009
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Sandstone Diagenesis: Recent and Ancient (Reprint Series 4 ...
This in turn is of great relevance to the petroleum and water industries, as well as to the location and nature of some economic mineral deposits.This volume brings together key papers in sandstone diagenesis published in Sedimentology over ...
Stuart Burley, Richard Worden, 2009
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Carbonate sediments and their diagenesis
Carbonate sediments and their diagenesis
Robin G. C. Bathurst, 1972
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Diagenesis in sediments
Diagenesis in sediments
‎1967
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CARBONATE RESERVOIRS: POROSITY, EVOLUTION & DIAGENESIS IN A ...
CARBONATE RESERVOIRS: POROSITY, EVOLUTION & DIAGENESIS IN A SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK
Clyde H. Moore, 2001
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Linking Diagenesis to Sequence Stratigraphy (Special ...
This book will be of interest to sedimentary petrologists aiming to understand the distribution of diagenesis in siliciclastic and carbonate successions, to sequence stratigraphers who can use diagenetic features to recognize and verify ...
Sadoon Morad, Marcelo Ketzer, Luis F. de Ros, 2012
9
Diagenesis, III
In conclusion there are two chapters on paleosols. This book will be of interest to geologists, geochemists and petroleum engineers.
G.V. Chilingarian, K.H. Wolf, 1992
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Diagenesis, IV
The present volume continues the philosophy of gathering contributions on diagenesis on behalf of those requiring such periodic literary surveys, namely, academics and practitioners (teachers, researchers, and oil and ore explorationists).
G.V. Chilingarian, K.H. Wolf, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIAGENESIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term diagenesis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Microbial DNA records historical delivery of anthropogenic mercury
... as microbes will respond to geochemical changes observed during diagenesis. In the case of Hg, we can circumvent this issue and develop ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
2
Quenched glasses, asteroid impacts, and ancient life on Mars
Boron during meteoric diagenesis and its potential implications for Marinoan snowball Earth {delta}11B-pH excursions Joseph A. Stewart et al., ... «Science News, Jun 15»
3
'We Knew We Had Something Big'
In the 1980s the field and platforms were discovered to be subsiding, a result of compactional diagenesis of the chalk formation, according to ... «E&P, Mar 15»
4
In memoriam: Robert Berner, a 'giant of geology'
He made seminal contributions to, for example, the geochemistry of sulfides and carbonates in the oceans, diagenesis, weathering, and ... «Yale News, Jan 15»
5
2015 National Speleological Society (NSS) Convention To Be Held …
Field trip stops have been selected to elicit discussion of structure, lithology, depositional environment, sequence stratigraphy and diagenesis ... «Mexico Ledger, Dec 14»
6
The legend of the kamikaze typhoons
... raising the possibility of dramatic changes in rock magnetic properties for goethite-bearing sediments during diagenesis and metamorphosis. «Science Codex, Dec 14»
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Abstract to Contract Research Poster Competition Caps Graduate …
... “Effects of depositional environment, assemblage taphonomy and diagenesis on vertebrate skeletal preservation in a crevasse splay deposit, ... «University of Arkansas Newswire, Nov 14»
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The Trilobite Book: A Visual Journey, by Riccardo Levi-Setti
... necessarily original to the trilobite, but are most often mineral coatings resulting from chemical changes in the rock after burial (diagenesis). «Times Higher Education, Sep 14»
9
Understanding the deepwater frontier
... relationship is empirical, assumes all shales are the same and at relatively low temperature, i.e., are not significantly altered by diagenesis, ... «Energy Global, Sep 14»
10
Symbiotic survival
Early and late diagenesis, weathering, and laboratory processing can in some cases compromise original seawater sulfate signals. Here, we ... «Science Codex, Aug 14»

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