Question

Match the lithification processes.

Answer 1

Answer:

ReCrystallization

Contact pressure causing grains to "grow" together.

It's a metamorphic process used to rearrange the atoms of the minerals in order to modify them in to the required form under the specific temperature and pressure. For example conversion of limestone into marble.

Cementation:

Precipitation of bonding agents between grains.

Cementation is the process in which the minerals in the form of fluid fills in spaces between the grains and binds them together upon crystallizing.

Compaction:

Increase in density due to weight of overburden.

Compaction as it's name indicate is the compaction of the sediments due to the heavy weight of the rocks which reduce their size and increase their density.