verb
- the process of converting limestone or other carbonate rock into dolomite through chemical alteration
Usage: geology; present participle form of dolomitize
Examples
- Dolomitizing fluids altered the limestone deposits over millions of years.
- The dolomitizing process increased the porosity of the rock formation.
- Geologists studied the dolomitizing mechanisms in the ancient carbonate sequence.
- Hydrothermal solutions were responsible for dolomitizing the surrounding strata.