lithify
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of lithify
Example Sentences
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The cracks fill with new sediment and become visible veins running through the lithified rock.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
It shapes our planet through weathering and erosion, deposits minerals that aid in lithification, and alters rocks after they are lithified.
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
Rain tumbling on to the ash would have dug out small depressions, which were then subsequently covered over by further ash deposits and lithified, or turned to stone.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2012
Description of the lithified deposits would be far from complete without reference to the later diabase which is associated with the Newark rocks.
From History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia by James William Head
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