lithificationn.
/ˌlɪθɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ The process of forming into stone.
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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
1872 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 104 468 Even the former moderate temperature..would be sufficient to produce incipient change—at least lithification, if not metamorphism. In fact, lithification of sediments will probably take place under heavy pressure even at ordinary temperature.
1877 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (1879) 221 The cause of joints is probably the shrinkage of the rock in the act of consolidation from sediments (lithification), as in stratified rocks.
1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth xiii. 165/1 The lithification of the soft sediments after deposition.
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