Definition von metasomatism im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
the process by which the bulk chemical composition of a rock is changed by the introduction of components from an external source, especially by a hydrothermal fluid
the process by which the bulk chemical composition of a rock is changed by the introduction ofcomponents from an external source, especially by a hydrothermal fluid
An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization