cementation

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Cementation is the process of cementing minerals coating the sediment grains and gluing them together into a fused rock.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

The five who were killed were employees of the mining contractor, Murray and Roberts Cementation.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2010

Cementation seems to explain why the crusts augment so little in thickness.

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