<p>Mud cracks are created at the surface of mud, as the name implies.
Afterwards, due to burial processes, younger sediments may fill in the cracks.</p>
<p>Later, the mud-cracked-with-infilled-sediments system will lithify, as visible in this nice vertical section of an infilled mud-crack <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudcrack#/media/File:Mudcracks_mcr3.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the photo is made by Michael C. Rygel and is accessible via Wikimedia Commons of </a>.</p>

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<p>Are mud cracks formed during rock formation or after the rock is completely formed?<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/OvFuy.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/OvFuy.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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Mud cracks formation
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# Mud cracks formation

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-05-05)

Are mud cracks formed during rock formation or after the rock is completely formed?[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/OvFuy.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/OvFuy.jpg)

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### Answer by username_1 on 2023-05-06. Score: 1

Mud cracks are created at the surface of mud, as the name implies.
Afterwards, due to burial processes, younger sediments may fill in the cracks.

Later, the mud-cracked-with-infilled-sediments system will lithify, as visible in this nice vertical section of an infilled mud-crack [the photo is made by Michael C. Rygel and is accessible via Wikimedia Commons of](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudcrack#/media/File:Mudcracks_mcr3.jpg) .


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