Geological process

Water–rock reaction

Also known as Fluid-rock interaction

Chemical exchange between a circulating fluid and the rock it passes through. It changes both: the rock is altered, and the fluid acquires or loses the components it will later deposit.

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Water–rock reaction focuses Volcanogenic massive sulfide system

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