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<p><b>Lithification</b> (from the <a href="page.php?w=Ancient_Greek">Ancient Greek</a> word lithos meaning 'rock' and the <a href="page.php?w=Latin">Latin</a>-derived suffix -ific) is the process in which <a href="page.php?w=sediment">sediment</a>s compact under <a href="page.php?w=pressure">pressure</a>, expel <a href="page.php?w=connate_fluids">connate fluids</a>, and gradually become solid rock.  Essentially, lithification is a process of <a href="page.php?w=porosity">porosity</a> destruction through <a href="page.php?w=Compaction_%28geology%29">compaction</a></p><p>
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