minerogenicadj.
/ˌmɪnərə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪnəroʊˈdʒɛnɪk/ Ecology and Geology.
Derived from or containing minerals or mineral deposits.
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1947 Science 4 July 14/1 (table) Minerogenic sediments.
1959 Jrnl. Sedimentary Petrol. 29 44/2 It is mainly the proportion of minerogenic and inorganic biogenic components which tells us something about the variation in lake type.
1976 Nature 23 Sept. 281/1 Raised bogs..receive no minerogenic water from their surroundings, but have their own water regime, with all of the moisture supplied from the atmosphere, as rain or snow.
1984 J. J. Lowe & M. J. C. Walker Reconstructing Quaternary Environments iii. 136 Palaeobotanical evidence suggests that..two minerogenic horizons accumulated during periods of reduced vegetation cover.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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