home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
The Epic Interactive Encyclopedia 1998
/
Epic Interactive Encyclopedia, The - 1998 Edition (1998)(Epic Marketing).iso
/
Menufiles
/
Vin-archive
/
MessySUBS.LHA
/
MoreMESSY_Subs
/
diagenesis,_or_lithification
/
INFOTEXT
< prev
Wrap
Text File
|
1992-09-02
|
265b
|
8 lines
In geology, the physical and chemical changes
by which a sediment becomes a sedimentary
rock. The main processes involved include
compaction of the grains, and the cementing
of the grains together by the growth of new
minerals deposited by percolating
groundwater.