Meanings
- not comparablegeographyNot metamorphosed; referring to rocks or sediments that have not undergone metamorphism, retaining their original mineral assemblage and texture. Often used in geological descriptions contrasting unmetamorphized material with metamorphic equivalents.
The oldest unmetamorphized focks, the earliest that could contain and fossils, actually do.
1997, Stan Franklin, Artificial Minds, BRADFORD BOOK, page 1671 more example
The Avalon terrane appears as a block to be relatively undeformed and unmetamorphized during the Variscan orogeny.
1990, Bertrand Pinet, C. Bois, Christian Bois, International Lithosphere Program, editors, The Potential of Deep Seismic Profiling for Hydrocarbon Exploration Proceedings of the 5th IFP Exploration and Production Research Conference, Held in Arles, June 19-23, 1989, Éditions Technip, page 462Synonyms: protolith
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot metamorphosed; referring to rocks or sediments that have not undergone metamorphism, retaining their original mineral assemblage and texture. Often used in geological descriptions contrasting unmetamorphized material with metamorphic equivalents.
Origin
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