https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2018-01-30 20:14:39 UTC 2026-01-30 21:07:27 UTC hello@padlet.com 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226321147 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. Note :Limestone and shale are common sedimentary rocks.]]> 2018-01-30 20:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226321147 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226321952 Lithification 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 20:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226321952 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226322771 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 20:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226322771 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226323116 Alteration of the composition or structure of a rock by heat, pressure, or other natural agency.]]> 2018-01-30 20:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226323116 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226323905 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 20:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226323905 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226324232 Volcanic activity or phenomena.]]> 2018-01-30 20:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226324232 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226324833 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.]]> 2018-01-30 20:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226324833 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226325947 Wear away or change the appearance or texture of (something) by long exposure to the air.]]> 2018-01-30 20:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226325947 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226326334 The process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.]]> 2018-01-30 20:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226326334 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226327269 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 20:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226327269 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226328221 Geology Solid fragmented material, such as silt, sand, gravel, chemical precipitates, and fossil fragments, that is transported and deposited by water, ice, or wind or that accumulates through chemical precipitation or secretion by organisms, and that forms layers on the Earth's surface.]]> 2018-01-30 20:31:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226328221 3048881 https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226329188 Subduction is a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced or sinks due to gravity into the mantle. Regions where this process occurs are known as subduction zones.]]> 2018-01-30 20:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/3048881/s75ra3ej08wh/wish/226329188