lithify
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lithify (third-person singular simple present lithifies, present participle lithifying, simple past and past participle lithified)
- To turn sediment into solid rock
- 2003, Ann G. Harris et al., Geology of National Parks, →ISBN, page 13:
- Shale is fine-grained rock made of silt or wet mud that has been lithified by compaction and cementation.
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- diagenesis
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