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Lithification (from the
Ancient Gr**** word
lithos meaning 'rock' and the Latin-derived
suffix -ific) is the
process in
which sediments compact under pressure...
- and it
undergoes diagenesis. This
mostly consists of
compaction and
lithification of the sand.
Early stages of diagenesis,
described as eogenesis, take...
- (authigenic) minerals. As a result,
lithification of
volcanic ash is one of the
fastest low-temperature
lithification processes.
Alteration of volcanic...
- be
formed from the
lithification of
these buried smaller fragments (clastic
sedimentary rock), the ac****ulation and
lithification of
material generated...
-
begin to
undergo diagenesis. This
mostly consists of
compaction and
lithification of the clay and silt particles.
Early stages of diagenesis, described...
- from
initial erosion through sediment transport and
settling to the
lithification of the sediments. However, the
strict geological definition of sedimentation...
- with silica. The
specimen is
transformed to
stone (a
process called lithification) as
water is lost. For
silicification to occur, the
geothermic conditions...
- silica, or
hardened clay.
Conglomerates form by the
consolidation and
lithification of gravel. They can be
found in
sedimentary rock
sequences of all ages...
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Compaction of
ceramic powders Compaction (geology), part of the
process of
lithification involving mechanical dewatering of a
sediment by
progressive loading...
-
sediment after its
initial deposition. This
includes compaction and
lithification of the sediments.
Early stages of diagenesis,
described as eogenesis...
