noun
cycle of sedimentation
Technical geological term referring to the repeated process of sediment deposition, burial, and uplift over geological time.
堆積輪廻は、地層の形成と侵食の繰り返しを説明する概念だ。
The cycle of sedimentation is a concept that explains the repeated formation and erosion of strata.
Compound of 堆積 (たいせき, 'sedimentation') and 輪廻 (りんね, 'cycle, transmigration'). The term is a calque from Western geology.