internal sedimentation

internal sedimentation

[in′tərn·əl ‚sed·ə·mən′tā·shən] (geology) Accumulation of clastic or chemical sediments derived from the surface of, or within, a more or less consolidated carbonate sediment (mud or silt); deposited in secondary cavities formed in the host rock (after its deposition) by bending of laminae or by internal erosion or solution.