diagenesis
Let an agent explain diagenesis and its processes, relay stages, controls and effects from geological references, describe applications in petroleum geology, palaeontology and archaeology, and distinguish diagenesis from weathering, metamorphism and lithification as a term.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain diagenesis and its processes, relay stages, controls and effects from geological references, describe applications in petroleum geology, palaeontology and archaeology, and distinguish diagenesis from weathering, metamorphism and lithification as a term.
The physical, chemical and biological changes that sediments undergo after deposition and before metamorphism, at relatively low temperatures and pressures, including compaction, cementation by minerals precipitated in pore spaces, dissolution, recrystallisation, replacement, and bioturbation by burrowing organisms, turning loose sediment into sedimentary rock and altering organic matter toward hydrocarbons; diagenesis controls porosity and permeability and is studied in petrology, petroleum geology and archaeology.
What it is for: Not applicable; a geological process.
It can be explain processes; relay stages and controls; describe applications; distinguish related processes.
Distinguishing features
Low temperature and pressure
Pore-scale processes
Porosity control
Organic maturation
What it looks like
Not a visible object; changes seen in rock texture and cement.
Physical character
temperature range: up to about 200 C - before metamorphism
stages: eogenesis, mesogenesis, telogenesis list
common cements: calcite, quartz, clay minerals list
How it is recognised
Post-depositional alteration of sediments
Compaction, cementation, dissolution, recrystallisation, bioturbation, orthochemical components
Weathering occurs at the surface; metamorphism is at higher temperature and pressure; lithification is the outcome
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
produces - through lithification
includes - as a key process
is contrasted with - at higher temperature and pressure
In practice
Families and kinds
early diagenesis including bioturbation and microbial processes
burial diagenesis including compaction and cementation
chemical diagenesis including dissolution and replacement
organic diagenesis toward kerogen and hydrocarbons
diagenesis of bones and archaeological materials
orthochemical precipitates in carbonate rocks
Standards and regulation
No regulation; petrographic classification conventions
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing diagenesis with metamorphism
Misreading diagenetic features as primary
Ignoring diagenesis in fossil and archaeological interpretation
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What diagenesis is.
Science.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is diagenesis, and how does it differ from weathering, metamorphism and lithification? definition
- Is the question about diagenesis in general or a specific process or material? boundary
Processes
Processes.
Processes
Processes.
- What are compaction, cementation, dissolution, recrystallisation, replacement and bioturbation? definition
- Which entry fits the specific process? action
Science Stages and controls.
Science.
Stages
Stages.
Stages
Stages.
- How do eogenesis, mesogenesis and telogenesis differ, and what controls them? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Rocks
By rock type.
Rocks
Rocks.
- How does diagenesis differ in sandstones, carbonates and mudrocks, including orthochemical components? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Apply Applications.
Application.
Petroleum
Petroleum geology.
Petroleum
Petroleum.
- How does diagenesis control reservoir porosity and hydrocarbon generation? provenance
- Which entry fits petroleum reservoir? action
Fossils
Fossils and archaeology.
Fossils
Fossils.
- How does diagenesis affect fossils, bones and archaeological materials? provenance
- Which entry fits taphonomy? action
Context Methods and history.
Context.
Methods
Methods.
Methods
Methods.
- How is diagenesis studied with petrography, geochemistry and isotopes? provenance
- Which entry fits sedimentary petrology? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the concept of diagenesis develop in geology? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of geology? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should cementation and bioturbation be separate primary entries?
- How should geological references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming processes and a carbonate component; should they be split off?