| Domain | Definition | ||
| Mining | A. Pertaining to an environment of restricted circulation and stagnant or anaerobic conditions, such as a fjord or a nearly isolated or silled basin with toxic bottom waters. Also, pertaining to the material (such as black organic sediments and hydrogen-sulfide muds) deposited in such an environment or basin, and to the process of deposition of such material (as in the Black Sea) b. Pertaining to a rock facies that includes black shales and graphitic sediments of various kinds. Etymol: Greek euxenos, hospitable. (references) | ||
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