Across
- 2. (noun) clay, silt, sand, or gravel deposited by a river
- 4. (noun) interruption of the natural state of something
- 8. (noun) type of limestone composed of the skeleton of marine animals such as clams
- 11. (noun) image taken with a powerful microscope that lets you see a rock’s structure on a molecular scale
- 12. (verb, infinitive) to become soft as a result of the frozen water within warming up
- 13. (adj. - said of a liquid's freezing point) made to be lower than usual with the addition of soluble material
Down
- 1. (adj. - said of a type of ground) being dangerous to traverse in a way that isn't immediately obvious
- 3. (adj.) found underneath something
- 5. (verb, infinitive) bind the particles of a sedimentary rock together
- 6. (adj.) found on top of something
- 7. (noun - in the context of exogenous geology) a space between the grains that constitute a sedimentary rock
- 8. (noun) very fine type of soil that expands when it absorbs water
- 9. (verb, past tense) pulled in by something
- 10. (verb, infinitive) occurs when groundwater freezes inside the structure of a rock and causes an expansion of its volume, which damages the roads built on top