Definition: The quality of being hard, the process of hardening, or an abnormally hard spot or place, particularly of the skin. This is often associated with inflammation and infiltration of a neoplasm.

What is the process of induration?

Induration is the process of hardening rocks through cementation of soil or porous rock, as one of the processes of diagenesis and lithification (see pr Vol. VI), or as a secondary effect of weathering (Merrill, 1897, p.

What does indurated mean in geology?

induration, hardening of rocks by heat or baking; also the hardening of sediments through cementation or compaction, or both, without the introduction of heat.