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The total process that turns sediment into rock is called perrifaction, lithification, or metamorphesis?

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Answer: Lithification

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“Lithification (from the Ancient Greek word lithos meaning 'rock' and the Latin-derived suffix -ific) is the process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel connate fluids, and gradually become solid rock.“

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It is called a metamorphosis because of the way it transformed it's shaping to a solid
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