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Sedimentary rocks contain evidence of past events and environments in which their particles were deposited. Sedimentary rocks contain fossils that are vital tools in the study of the geologic past. Many sedimentary rocks are important economically since they contain coal and other mined materials. Sedimentary rocks provide geologists with much of the basic information they need to reconstruct the details of Earth history. Sedimentary rocks contain evidence of the crystallization sequence of minerals produced by solidifying magma.
weathering, lithification, erosion, deposition lithification, erosion, deposition, weathering weathering, erosion, deposition, lithification erosion, lithification, weathering, deposition erosion, weathering, lithification, deposition
lithification crystallization cementation compaction
Burial subjects the sediment to increasingly higher temperatures and pressures. Burial subjects the sediment to increased fluids not available at the surface of the Earth. Burial causes a sediment pile to increase spaces between grains, allowing more water to flow through it. Burial causes sediment to partially melt and dissolve.
Match each of the following sediments with the most likely method of lithification.
Using the pulldown boxes, match each item on the left to the corresponding item at right.
clastic chemical detrital evaporite
organic and chemical detrital and chemical detrital and clastic coal and mudstone
