oreforming
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]oreforming (uncountable)
- (geology) The process of forming an ore.
- 2009 February 6, Jamie J. Wilkinson et al., “Anomalously Metal-Rich Fluids Form Hydrothermal Ore Deposits”, in Science[1], volume 323, number 5915, , pages 764–767:
- 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.