diagenetic

9.9

Physical and chemical changes that happen to buried sand, mud, or dead plants and animals as they become rock

adjective
/ˌdaɪəˈdʒɛnɪtɪk/

Specialized

: diagenético

Examples

Additionally, there are likely to be numerous locally developed shale or diagenetic vertical barriers to flow.

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The study examined the diagenetic changes in sediments after they were buried under layers of rock.
Fossils can reveal much about the diagenetic processes that transformed organic remains over millions of years.
Researchers found that diagenetic alterations significantly affected the rock's permeability and porosity.

How Altered

metamorphic

Specialized

2 7.7

diagenetic

Specialized

9.9

altered

3.6

unaltered

5 3.7

Surface Forms

diagenetic positive

Morphology

diagenetic = diagenesis (semi-transparent) = dia + genesis + diagenesis + etic

The adjective is a regular derivation from the noun 'diagenesis' with the adjectival suffix '-etic', so the immediate derivation is straightforward.

Etymology

Diagenetic comes from the parts dia- meaning 'through' and genesis meaning 'origin' or 'to create', the same idea behind the common word generate. So, diagenetic describes the changes that happen 'through' time to buried sand, mud, or bones as they are slowly turned into rock or fossils.