Meaning of host rock | Babel Free

Definitions

The background mineral material in which the object of study (crystals, fossils, specific minerals, groundwater, etc.) is embedded or through which it travels.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Formation of alteration minerals in the host rock during deformation within the shear zone is indicated by the parallel foliation within the secondary micaceous minerals and the unmineralized host schist.”

“A related consideration is the porosity increase due to creep of the host rock into the backfilled workings.”

“Host rock near the batholith is locally metamorphosed.”

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