What Occurs During Cementation

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Multiple Choice

What occurs during cementation?

• A) Additional layers of sediment accumulate and press down on the layers underneath them.
• B) Sediment is heated up, causing them to cement together.
• C) Minerals precipitate from water in the pore spaces between sediment particles and cement them together into rock.
• D) Sediment crystallizes, causing them to cement together.

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Definitions:

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