dolomitization

[ doh-luh-mahy-tuh-zey-shuhn, -mi-, dol-uh- ]

nounGeology.
  1. the conversion of limestone into dolomite.

Origin of dolomitization

1
First recorded in 1860–65; dolomitize + -ation

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