During early deposition (assuming a sediment), the sediment will de-water, and many of the clay particles will flatten.
As / (if) the mass of sediment becomes more buried, it will heat up from the Earth's internal heat (if deep enough), and this will enable the existing minerals to re-form into new ones which have greater density and larger size, consistent with the available chemical reactions.
At this point your sample will have passed through the slate stage, and with metamorphic processes will be on its way to be a banded sandstone, or a schist, depending on the fineness of the material. The new minerals formed may be quite significant, and depending on the degree of heat, it may melt some of the new minerals to form quartz veins. Or if you're lucky some mineral veins of economic importance. Garnets may form.
[If your starting material was limestone, you may now have a marble.]
As your new rock type gradually cools, each new mineral will crystallize at its appropriate temperature, and the micas will be among the last to form. The age of the micas may be taken as the age of the formation.
If your new rock contains magnetizable grains, these may align themselves with the Earth's magnetic field at that time.
The process is called lithification, which involves the compaction and cementation of sediment to form sedimentary rock.
No, lithification is the process by which sediments are compacted and cemented into rock. Erosion is the process by which rocks and sediments are broken down and carried away. Erosion typically occurs before lithification begins.
There are two types of production of cement process,1. Dry process2. Wet process
It is called sedimentary rock.
The first step is compaction
The process is called lithification, which involves the compaction and cementation of sediment to form sedimentary rock.
In the lithification process, compaction is followed by cementation. It is the hardening and welding of clastic sediments by the precipitation of mineral matter.
No, lithification is the process by which sediments are compacted and cemented into rock. Erosion is the process by which rocks and sediments are broken down and carried away. Erosion typically occurs before lithification begins.
Lithification
Lithification is the process of turning loose sediments into solid rock through compaction and cementation. Fossilization is the preservation of organic material in rocks or minerals. Fossils are created during or after the process of lithification when the remains of organisms are incorporated into the rock forming process, leading to their preservation.
Cementation.
lithification
sedimentary rocks
Is produced, transport, deposited and lithified the process of sedimentary rock
Lithification.
lithification (cementing, compacting, and hardening)
Lithification.