mobilization

mobilization

[‚mō·bə·lə′zā·shən]

(geology)

Any process by which solid rock becomes sufficiently soft and plastic to permit it to flow or to permit geochemical migration of the mobile components.

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mobilization

see POLITICAL MOBILIZATION.

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