paludifications

Noun

paludification (countable and uncountable, plural paludifications)

1. The formation or expansion of swamp or bog.
   • On the eastern side of Lago Fontana small bogs are to be found here and there, paludifications of spring water where there is still sufficient moraine bed; most of them, however, are already dried and covered with sand.1958, The Pleistocene of Fuego-Patagonia - Part 2, page 113