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a. Weathering The process of rocks breaking down due to water and air, which consists
of two processes: fragmentation (mechanical weathering) and decay (chemical
weathering).
b. Erosion The process of the movement of weathering products from one place to
another by the action of wind, ice, water, gravity.
c. Transportation completes erosion, this is movement of the eroded materials/sediments
d. Deposition when the energy of transportation becomes too low, the sediment will
become deposited which are added to landforms/land masses
e. Burial/preservation the burial of additional sediments on top to become sedimentary
rocks.
f. Lithification a process which turns sediments into sedimentary rocks. Sediments will
undergo compaction and cementation. Compaction occurs when the weight of the
additional materials on top increases. During the compaction process, the grains are
forced to be packed closer, reducing pore space. Some of these sediments carries water
with mineral components. Mineral components in sediments will later causes precipitate
in the pore spaces and causes cementations that can bind individual particles/grain
together resulting a solid sedimentary rock.
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Nelson, S. (2015, September 15). Sedimentary Rocks. Retrieved September 05, 2017, from
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