单词 | lithogenesis |
释义 | > as lemmaslithogenesis lithogenesis n. Brit. , U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [noun] petrifaction?a1425 petrification1611 lapidification1626 lapidescence1649 petrescency1662 petrifying1712 petrescence?1797 lithification1872 petrogenesis1886 lithogeny1888 lithifaction1893 lithogenesis1909 petrogeny1937 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > [noun] > petrology or petrography > petrogeny petrogenesis1886 lithogeny1888 petrogeny1888 lithogenesis1909 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Lithogenesis, the production or origin of minerals or rocks; lithogenesy. 1934 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Stony Limits 62 All is lithogenesis—or lochia,..Stones blacker than any in the Caaba. 1937 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. vi. 82 The period of lithogenesis, during which the rocks later to form the range are accumulated. 1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation 405 The cycle of geological phenomena comprises lithogenesis or petrogenesis, orogenesis, then glyptogenesis. < as lemmas |
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