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How do compaction and cementation cause sediments and form sedimentary rock
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How do compaction and cementation cause sediments and form sedimentary rock

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Dissolved minerals in the ground water precipitate (crystallize) from water in the pore spaces forming mineral crusts on the sedimentary grains, gradually cementing the sediments, thus forming a rock

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