cementation
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According to Jean-Paul Raynal, who co-directed the program during the key excavation period, repeated changes in sea level, wind-driven sedimentation, and rapid cementation of coastal sands created ideal conditions for preserving fossils and archaeological evidence.
From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026
The processes of cementation, compaction, and ultimately lithification occur within the realm of diagenesis, which includes the processes that turn organic material into fossils.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
These processes of compaction and cementation are called lithification.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
The grain size, sorting, compaction, and degree of cementation of the rocks all influence primary porosity.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Their hardness and the degree of cementation may be tested by means of a file.
