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the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.

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matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs.

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The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil. SEDIMENT. Small, solid particles of material from rocks or organisms which are moved by water or wind, resulting in erosion

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In earth science, erosion is the action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transport it away to another location

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wear away or change the appearance or texture of (something) by long exposure to the air.

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Crystallization is also a chemical solid–liquid separation technique, in which mass transfer of a solute from the liquid solution to a pure solid crystalline phase occurs. In chemical engineering, crystallization occurs in a crystallizer.

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volcanic activity or phenomena.

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hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling.

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alteration of the composition or structure of a rock by heat, pressure, or other natural agency.

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compaction. (kəm-pāk'shən) The process by which the porosity of a given form of sediment is decreased as a result of its mineral grains being squeezed together by the weight of overlying sediment or by mechanical means.

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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.

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Rock that has formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment, especially sediment transported by water (rivers, lakes, and oceans), ice ( glaciers ), and wind. Sedimentary rocks are often deposited in layers, and frequently contain fossils.