GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Cementation. Recrystallization.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lithification (from the Ancient Greek word lithos meaning ‘rock’ and the Latin-derived suffix-ific) is the process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel connate fluids, and gradually become solid rock. Essentially, lithification is a process of porosity destruction through compaction and cementation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Compaction is the process of squishing air or water from between particles of sediment. Cementation is the process of minerals sticking individual grains of sediment together.

Detailed explanation-4: -Formation of Sedimentary Rocks Sedimentary rocks are the product of 1) weathering of preexisting rocks, 2) transport of the weathering products, 3) deposition of the material, followed by 4) compaction, and 5) cementation of the sediment to form a rock. The latter two steps are called lithification.

Detailed explanation-5: -Describe the two main types of cementation. the first is when new mineral grows between sediment grains as dissolved minerals precipitate out of ground water, the second is when existing mineral grows larger as more of the same mineral precipitates from ground water and crystallizes around them.