https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl en-us 2018-01-30 20:15:17 UTC 2023-06-12 06:25:29 UTC hello@padlet.com 3047781 https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226321644 Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the deposition and subsequent cementation of that material at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water.]]> 2018-01-30 20:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226321644 3047781 https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226321705 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.]]> 2018-01-30 20:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226321705 3047781 https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226321830 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. ]]> 2018-01-30 20:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226321830 3047781 https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322037 denoting rock that has undergone transformation by heat, pressure, or other natural agencies, e.g., in the folding of strata or the nearby intrusion of igneous rocks.]]> 2018-01-30 20:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322037 3047781 https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322113 hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling.]]> 2018-01-30 20:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322113 3047781 https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322161 volcanic activity or phenomena.]]> 2018-01-30 20:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322161 3047781 https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322216 Crystallization is the process by which a solid forms, where the atoms or molecules are highly organized into a structure known as a crystal.]]> 2018-01-30 20:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322216 3047781 https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322314 wear away or change the appearance or texture of (something) by long exposure to the air.]]> 2018-01-30 20:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322314 3047781 https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322377 the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.]]> 2018-01-30 20:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322377 3047781 https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322437 Deposition is the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass. Wind, ice, water, and gravity transport previously weathered surface material, which, at the loss of enough kinetic energy in the fluid, is deposited, building up layers of sediment.]]> 2018-01-30 20:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322437 3047781 https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322534 matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs.

]]> 2018-01-30 20:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322534 3047781 https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322592 the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.]]> 2018-01-30 20:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/3047781/n45o1s2s3ipl/wish/226322592