| Term | Definition |
|---|
| erosion | the transport of sediments by wind, water, ice, or gravity. |
| deposition | the process by which an agent of erosion loses energy and drops the sediment it is carrying. |
| compaction | process by which sediments are squeezed together by the weight of overlying materials. |
| cementation | solidification of sediments by the deposition of dissolved minerals in the tiny spaces between the sedimentary particles. |
| clastic sedimentary rock | a sedimentary rock made of broken fragments of preexisting rock. |
| chemical sedimentary rock | sedimentary rock consisting of material that was precipitated from water by either inorganic or organic means. |
| sedimentary rock | rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted, and/or cemented. |
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