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What does granitization mean?

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Noun
  1. (geology) The process of sedimentary rock becoming granite through remelting and recooling.
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The whole of this territory is, therefore, worth examination in the light of the granitization hypothesis.
Thus, granites can form both by magmatism and granitization or a combination of the two.
The polyphasic character of these granitization processes have, in some cases, made basic rocks appear to be enclosed within granites like intrusive rocks.

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