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  1. In geology, the physical and chemical changes
  2. by which a sediment becomes a sedimentary
  3. rock. The main processes involved include
  4. compaction of the grains, and the cementing
  5. of the grains together by the growth of new
  6. minerals deposited by percolating
  7. groundwater.
  8.