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ALL meanings of anatexis

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  • noun anatexis the partial melting of rocks, esp in the formation of metamorphic rocks 3
  • noun plural anatexis the process by which igneous rock remelts into magma. 1
  • noun anatexis (geology) The metamorphism of plutonic rock into magma in the lower levels of the crust. 0
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