https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua Made with serendipity en-us 2018-01-30 17:30:45 UTC 2026-01-20 21:26:14 UTC hello@padlet.com 304017 https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226215896 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.]]> 2018-01-30 17:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226215896 304017 https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226216760 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 17:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226216760 304017 https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226217305 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.]]> 2018-01-30 17:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226217305 304017 https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226218242 alteration of the composition or structure of a rock by heat, pressure, or other natural agency.

]]> 2018-01-30 17:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226218242 304017 https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226218697 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 17:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226218697 304017 https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226219789 volcanic activity or phenomena.]]> 2018-01-30 17:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226219789 304017 https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226220470 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 17:38:54 UTC https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226220470 304017 https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226221536 wear away or change the appearance or texture of (something) by long exposure to the air.]]> 2018-01-30 17:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226221536 304017 https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226223349 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]]> 2018-01-30 17:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226223349 304017 https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226223694 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]]> 2018-01-30 17:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226223694 304017 https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226224311 matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs.]]> 2018-01-30 17:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226224311 304017 https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226224874 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 17:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/304017/tcezg1fbwiua/wish/226224874