"metasomatize" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1999, James W. Vallance, Postglacial lahars and potential hazards in the White Salmon River system on the Southwest Flank of Mound Adams, Washington",
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        "To change the bulk chemical composition of a rock is by the introduction of components from an external source, especially by a hydrothermal fluid."
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        "(geology, transitive) To change the bulk chemical composition of a rock is by the introduction of components from an external source, especially by a hydrothermal fluid."
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        "natural-sciences"
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  "word": "metasomatize"
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