verb
- to convert (limestone or other rock) into dolomite through chemical alteration
Usage: geology; technical
Examples
- Groundwater can dolomitize limestone deposits over geological time scales.
- The rock formation was dolomitized by magnesium-rich fluids during diagenesis.
- Geologists study how ancient seas dolomitized carbonate sediments.
- The process of dolomitization occurs when calcite is replaced by dolomite minerals.