The process of compaction and cementation is known as lithification. From Wordnik.com. [AP Environmental Science Chapter 3- The Solid Earth] Reference
Early phosphogenesis strongly favored the preservation and lithification of phosphate-rich bones and coprolites, probably during periods of marine transgression and sediment starvation. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
The process of lithification by carbonated springs is still going on. From Wordnik.com. [Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19-th Century America] Reference
The reason for this was that the only ways they could estimate the absolute time-scales involved were all based on very variable phenomena - erosion, weathering, sedimentation and lithification. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Blogging] Reference
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