cycle of sedimentation

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cycle of sedimentation [′sī·kəl əv ‚sed·ə·mən′tā·shən]

(geology)

Also known as sedimentary cycle.

A series of related processes and conditions appearing repeatedly in the same sequence in a sedimentary deposit.

The sediments deposited from the beginning of one cycle to the beginning of a second cycle of the spread of the sea over a land area, consisting of the original land sediments, followed by those deposited by shallow water, then deep water, and then the reverse process of the receding water.

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