cementationnoun [ U ]
/ˌsiːˌmenˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsiːˌmenˈteɪ.ʃən/specializedthe process by which solid material that has been dissolved in water sticks together to form rock when the water evaporates (= changes to a gas)
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Geology - general words
- aquifer
- auriferous
- Cambrian
- compaction
- continental crust
- continental drift
- Cretaceous
- crustal
- deposition
- Devonian
- earth science
- fold
- geology
- Pliocene
- Precambrian
- Quaternary
- rocky
- subduction
- subduction zone
- the Anthropocene
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