English Explanatory Dictionary

catagenesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The cracking process in which organic kerogens are broken down into hydrocarbons.
  2. Retrogressive evolution, as contrasted with anagenesis.

Word forms

catagenesis

Etymology

From cata- + -genesis.

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