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
These processes of compaction and cementation are called lithification.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
These iron oxides coat and bind mineral grains together into sedimentary rocks in a process called cementation and often give these rocks a dominant color.
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
While nitric acid will only part gold and silver when the latter is in great excess, yet when applied as fumes under cementation conditions it appears to react upon a minor ratio of silver.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
