TOPIC: SEDIMENTARY CYCLE

PRESENTED BY :

MUHAMMAD AZEEM

SEDIMENTARY CYCLETHE SEDIMENTARY CYCLE IS THE SMALL PART OF WHOLE CRUSTAL CYCLE OF DYNAMIC EARTH ,IN THIS CYCLE THE SEDIMENTS OF THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE RECYCLE SEVERAL TIME BEFORE DESTORY.

IN SEDIMENTARY CYCLE

THE SEDIMENTARY CYCLE IS CONSIST OF FOLLOWING VARIOUS STAGES.

1. WEATHERING

2. TRANSPORTATION

3. DEPOSITION

4. EROSION

5. LITHIFICATION

WEATHERING:

THE BREAK DOWN OF ROCK AND DEPOSIT IN THAT PLACE IS WEATERING.

ERROSION:

THE PROCESS OF REMOVAL OF NEWLY FORM ROCK AS A RESULT OF WEATHERING

TRANSPOTATION:

THE SEDIMENT ARE TRANSPORT FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER PLACE ,

TRANSPORTATION OCCUR DUE TO WIND , WATER, GRAVITY , GLACCIERS ETC.

DEPOSITION:

SETTLING AND COMING DOWN TO REST OF TRANSPORTED MATERIAL

LITHIFICATION:

GENERAL TERM FOR THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING OF LOOSE SEDIMENTS INTO

SEDIMENTARY ROCK

IT IS COMBINATION OF COMPACTION AND CEMENTATION.