5 Cementation In the final process of sedimentary rock formation, some of the minerals in the sediment harden and form a kind of cement which sticks the grains of the rock together. This is a ...

This process involves the precipitation ... which were conducive to iron precipitation from seawater. Banded Iron Formations (BIFs): Sedimentary rocks consisting of alternating layers of iron ...

I am a chemical sedimentologist: I study how and why chemical sediments form and lithify, with the goal of better understanding how chemical sedimentary rocks (e.g., carbonates, chert, iron formations ...