lithifactionn.
/lɪθɪˈfakʃən/ = lithification n.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [noun]
petrifaction?a1425
petrification1611
lapidification1626
lapidescence1649
petrescency1662
petrifying1712
petrescence?1797
lithification1872
petrogenesis1886
lithogeny1888
lithifaction1893
lithogenesis1909
petrogeny1937
1893 Compte Rendu 5me Sess. Congrès Géol. Internat. 160 The formations of the Coastal plain range in age from Pleistocene to early Cretaceous or late Jurassic..; all, indeed, are commonly unconsolidated and lithifaction is local and exceptional.
1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth xix. 264/1 Sediments in various degrees of lithifaction.
1972 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 1 Oct. 13/3 According to James T. Fyles, geologist with the department of mines, these concretions are formed during the process of lithifaction of sand.
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