[f. next: see -FICATION.] The process of forming into stone.
1877. Le Conte, Elem. Geol. (1879), 221. The cause of joints is probably the shrinkage of the rock in the act of consolidation from sediments (lithification), as in stratified rocks.
[f. next: see -FICATION.] The process of forming into stone.
1877. Le Conte, Elem. Geol. (1879), 221. The cause of joints is probably the shrinkage of the rock in the act of consolidation from sediments (lithification), as in stratified rocks.
