Definition of "lithification" []

• The compaction and cementation of sediment into rock. (noun)

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• "The process of compaction and cementation is known as lithification."
• "Early phosphogenesis strongly favored the preservation and lithification of phosphate-rich bones and coprolites, probably during periods of marine transgression and sediment starvation."
• "The process of lithification by carbonated springs is still going on."