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Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

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Journal of Sedimentary Petrology
Vol. 39 (1969)No. 1. (March), Pages 379-380

Devaluation of "Dedolomitization": NOTES

David E. Smit, Keene Swett

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Recent literature (Evamy, 1967 and de Groot, 1967) has perpetuated the use of the term dedolomitization. The use of this term (1) requires multiple terminology for a single replacement process, (2) is inconsistent with nomenclature for other replacement processes, (3) is ambiguous, and (4) is geochemically misleading. The authors feel that a replacement process should be named by the replacing mineral, not the one being replaced.


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