The steps of sedimentary rock formation
Step 5: Compaction
The process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight.
Step 3: Erosion
The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
Step 6: Cementation
The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together.
Step 2: Sediment
small, solid pieces of material that are formed when rocks are broken down (pebbles, sand, silt, clay)
Step 4: Deposition
Deposition is when sediment settles in a new location.Layers of sediment will continuously be deposited on top of each other.
Step 1: Weathering
Weathering is the process where rock is broken down into smaller and smaller pieces. There is NO movement of in weathering.