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oceanization Geol.|əʊʃiːənaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. ocean n. (a.) + -ization.]
The conversion of continental crust into the much thinner and petrologically distinct oceanic crust.
1960Jrnl. Geophysical Res. LXV. 4128/2 We must do our best to find an explanation of this ‘oceanization’ of the earth's crust. 1961Jrnl. Geol. LXIX. 653/1 The statement that the ‘sial’ may be transformed into oceanic crust which leads to the ‘oceanization’ of a certain part of the earth's surface seems to be quite reasonable. 1973Nature 22 June 434/1 Subsidence being attributed variously to crustal warping associated with orogenic compression, subscrustal erosion, oceanization (and that very recently). 1975Ibid. 6 Feb. 396/2 The Soviet tectonician Belousov has gone so far as to invoke extensive ‘oceanisation’ of continental crust to account for the ocean basins. |