What occurs during cementation?
A) Additional layers of sediment accumulate and press down on the layers underneath them.
B) Sediment is heated up, causing them to cement together.
C) Minerals precipitate from water in the pore spaces between sediment particles and cement them together into rock.
D) Sediment crystallizes, causing them to cement together.
Answer: C
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