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English
Etymology
From un- + metamorphized.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌʌnmɛtəˈmɔː(r.fəˌrʌɪzd/
Adjective
unmetamorphized (not comparable)
- (geology) Not metamorphosed; referring to rocks or sediments that have not undergone metamorphism, retaining their original mineral assemblage and texture. Often used in geological descriptions contrasting unmetamorphized material with metamorphic equivalents.
1990, Bertrand Pinet, C. Bois, Christian Bois, International Lithosphere Program, editors, The Potential of Deep Seismic Profiling for Hydrocarbon Exploration Proceedings of the 5th IFP Exploration and Production Research Conference, Held in Arles, June 19-23, 1989, Éditions Technip, page 462:The Avalon terrane appears as a block to be relatively undeformed and unmetamorphized during the Variscan orogeny.
1997, Stan Franklin, Artificial Minds, BRADFORD BOOK, page 167:The oldest unmetamorphized focks, the earliest that could contain and fossils, actually do.
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