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The process of sediments being compacted and cemented to form sedimentary rocks is called lithification.

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Q: Process by which sediments are stuck together to form sedimentary rock?
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Rocks that form when layers of rock particles are squeezed or stuck together?

I beileve the awnser would be Sedimentary Rocks because you know that if Igneous rocks are weathering, they turn into sediments. And if the sediments are squeezed or stuck together it would make a sedimentary rock. And the rock particles are sediments.


What is in sedimentary rocks?

a type of rock formed by layers of sediments that were squeezed and stuck together over a long time


What is the process of pressing sediments called?

The process of pressing sediments is called compaction. The process that results in the layers being stuck together is called cementation.


Is sediments that are stuck together by pressure called compaction?

Anything that gets stuck together by pressure is compaction. I.E., Snow.


How sedimentary rock is form by?

rocks and minerals getting stuck together.


What rocks could have formed when bits of existing rock got stuck together?

Sedimentary rocks are formed when bits of existing rocks get stuck together


What are rocks that form when layers of rock particles are squeezed or stuck together?

Sedimentary Rocks


What is the rock that forms when particles of rock and other materials get pressed and stuck together?

Sedimentary rock.


The process where squashed together grains of rock become stuck together?

Cementation


What substance do sedimentary rocks form?

usually ground down igneous rock stuck together with bio materials under pressure


What is the medical term meaning process of being stuck together?

Adhesion is the medical term meaning process of being stuck together, as it might relate to cells, tissues, or organs. In terms of two fetuses, the medical term is "conjoined."


Are simmes twins identical?

yes they are... simmes twins form from one egg that is in the process of separating into two eggs or identical twins... but the process isn't finished and that is why they are "stuck together"