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Well, after millions of years, the mud will start to cement together, due to natural cements and will form rock. This can result in footprints, fossils, animal remain, etc to be preserved in the rock.

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When a river slows down as it runs into a lake, the sediment sinks to the bottom. Over hundreds of years, the sediment is cemented together to form mudstone, a sedimentary rock.

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A Mudstone is formed simply by the particles being cemented together. The process is called lithification.

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It turns to slate.

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sedimentary Rock

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Cemented clay and silt particles.

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slate

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Slate.

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metamorphic rock

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