One example of this process is identified by fortification zoning in the crystals of dolostones, by which trace elements become emplaced on advancing edges of lattice boundaries.
One example of this process is identified by fortification zoning in the crystals of dolostones, by which trace elements become emplaced on advancing edges of lattice boundaries. It may also generate dissolution features such as stylolites, and in organic-rich rocks it initiates the production of kerogen and bitumen.  In paleomagnetism, it imparts a rotation from initial magnetic grain orientation known as compaction shallowing, and causes grain size to coarsen during aggrading neomorphism below 200 degrees Celsius.  On geologic maps it is indicated by isopach widening in the direction of increasing pressure as burial and cementation eliminate porosity. For ten points, what is this geologic process by which loose sediments lithify into sedimentary rocks?
One example of this process is identified by fortification zoning in the crystals of dolostones, by which trace elements become emplaced on advancing edges of lattice boundaries.
Diagenesis or diagenetic processes  prompt on “lithification” before it’s mentioned