compactionnoun [ U ]
uk/kəmˈpæk.ʃən/us/kəmˈpæk.ʃən/specializedthe process by which the pressure on buried solid material causes the material to stick together and change to rock
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Geology - general words
- aquifer
- auriferous
- Cambrian
- cementation
- continental crust
- continental drift
- Cretaceous
- crustal
- deposition
- Devonian
- earth science
- fold
- geology
- Pliocene
- Precambrian
- Quaternary
- rocky
- subduction
- subduction zone
- the Anthropocene
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