DEPOSITIONS & DIAGENESIS Flashcards
1
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when transportation ceases and sediments accumulate on earth’s surface by collective deposition processes
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DEPOSITION
2
Q
suite of low temperature processes that affect sediments after their accumulation after burial
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DIAGENESIS
3
Q
results from the expulsion of intergranular fluids due to increased pressure during burial
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Compaction
4
Q
subsurface fluids precipitate minerals in the spaces between grains that bind/cement grains to one another
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Cementation
