compaction

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Term: compaction
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Compaction, part of the process of lithification involving mechanical dewatering of a sediment by progressive loading under several km of geomaterial [Wikipedia]
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Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
Contributed by Ryan McGranaghan
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