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What Is Diagenesis

Question 38

Question 38

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What is diagenesis?


A) The change from a sedimentary rock to a metamorphic rock
B) The weathering of carbonate rock due to dissolution
C) The textural, compositional, and other changes that occur to sediments after deposition
D) The two-stage cooling process that creates porphyritic rocks

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