Subcategories

Sedimentology

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Citation Formats

General Reference

Earth and Environment Atlas. "Sedimentology." Accessed September 9, 2026. https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/process/sedimentology.

APA Style

Earth and Environment Atlas. (n.d.). Sedimentology. Retrieved September 9, 2026, from https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/process/sedimentology

BibTeX

@misc{earthandenvironmentatlas-sedimentology,
  author = {Earth and Environment Atlas},
  title = {Sedimentology},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/process/sedimentology},
  note = {Accessed September 9, 2026}
}

Processes studied under sedimentology, the atlas's discipline for the formation, deposition and lithification of sedimentary rock. Includes Diagenesis, the physical and chemical changes loose sediment undergoes after deposition and before full lithification, and Lithification, the final compaction and cementation that turns loose sediment into solid sedimentary rock. Belongs here: a process whose primary discipline is the transformation of loose sediment into sedimentary rock. Does not belong here: the high heat and pressure transformation of already-solid rock into a new form (Petrology), or the broader erosion and transport that produces the sediment in the first place (Geology).