Match the following vocabulary with their correct definitions. Decrease in the volume of
1. turbidity current
sediments that results from continued
deposition above them.
The process by which rocks are
2. recrystallization
formed from sediment.
Arelatively dense current of clastic
3. paleontology
sediments and water that moves along
the bottom slope of a body of water.
The study of plants through the
4. paleobotany
study of fossils.
Reorganization of mineral grains in
5. lithification
a rock while in the solid state.
Precipitation of a binding material
5. cementatio
around grains in rocks.
The science of plant and animal
compaction
fossils.