lithify
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of lithify
Example Sentences
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The bedrock under these modern dunes is the Navajo Sandstone, the lithified remains of a 180-million-year-old desert.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 15, 2020
The cracks fill with new sediment and become visible veins running through the lithified rock.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Biochemical and organic sediments are clastic in the sense that they are made from pieces of organic material that are deposited, buried, and lithified; however, they are usually classified as being chemically produced.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
A cross-cutting network of sulfate-filled fractures indicates later flow of groundwater through fractures after the sediment was lithified.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 23, 2014
She succeeded in transcribing the human polyp properly lithified and correctly constituting the strata of the psychozoic age, when Vic stuck his head in at the door again.
From Starr, of the Desert by Bower, B. M.
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