1. Cooling crystallization is more generally define as the formation of solid with desirable, and consistent properties from a solution, where the solubility line is highly sensitive to decrease of temperature. It is widely used in pharmaceutical, petrochemical, semiconductor industry.
2. Sometimes forces act to pull sections of the Earth's crust apart. At other times they are forced together. All this movement can cause rocks that were once underground to be brought up to the Earth's surface. This process is called uplift.
3. The process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere.
4. The process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
5. Deposition is the laying down of sediment carried by wind, water, or ice. Sediment can be transported as pebbles, sand & mud, or as salts dissolved in water. Salts may later be deposited by organic activity (e.g. as sea-shells) or by evaporation.
6. The exertion of force on something so that it becomes more dense.
7. The binding together of particles or other things by cement.