oreforming

English

Etymology

From ore +‎ forming.

Noun

oreforming (uncountable)

1. (geology) The process of forming an ore.
   • 2009 February 6, Jamie J. Wilkinson et al., “Anomalously Metal-Rich Fluids Form Hydrothermal Ore Deposits”, in Science‎^[1], volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 764–767:

     Accepting that hydrothermal ores may form specifically from anomalously metal-rich batches of fluid implies geochemically specialized source regions and an episodicity and potentially short duration of oreforming events that may be controlled by changes in hydrology.