单词 | authigenous |
释义 | authigenousadj. Geology. = authigenic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > [adjective] > by origin in place residual1876 allochthonous1888 authigenic1888 authigenous1889 autochthonous1891 parautochthonous1927 1889 Geol. Mag. Nov. 484 If mica, it is in like way evidently authigenous. 1895 A. Harker Petrol. xvi. 193 There is thus a distinction between original or ‘allothigenous’ constituents, derived from a distance, and secondary or ‘authigenous’ constituents formed after the accumulation of the grains. 1966 Science 29 July 537/1 One of these processes..is probably responsible for formation of the authigenous calcite crystals. 2012 M. A. Demange Mineral. for Petrologists iii. 162 Kaolinite, illite and more rarely mixed layer clays, may be authigenous. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1889 |
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