Oreforming

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of forming an ore. uncountable

    "Accepting that hydrothermal ores may form specifically from anomalously metal-rich batches of fluid implies geochemically specialized source regions and an episodicity and potentially short duration of oreforming events that may be controlled by changes in hydrology."

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"Accepting that hydrothermal ores may form specifically from anomalously metal-rich batches of fluid implies geochemically specialized source regions and an episodicity and potentially short duration of oreforming events that may be controlled by changes in hydrology."

Etymology

From ore + forming.

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