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Detritus (/dəˈtraɪtəs/; adj.
detrital /dəˈtraɪtəl/) is
particles of rock
derived from pre-existing rock
through weathering and erosion. A
fragment of detritus...
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Detrital zircon geochronology is the
science of
analyzing the age of
zircons deposited within a
specific sedimentary unit by
examining their inherent radioisotopes...
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often relationships between the
detrital web and the
grazing web.
Mushrooms produced by
decomposers in the
detrital web
become a food
source for deer...
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known as
detrital remanent magnetization. If the
magnetization is
acquired as the
grains are deposited, the
result is a
depositional detrital remanent...
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Sediment is a
solid material that is
transported to a new
location where it is deposited. It
occurs naturally and,
through the
processes of weathering...
- In biology,
detritus (/dɪˈtraɪtəs/ or /dɛˈtrɪtəs/) is
organic matter made up of the
decomposing remains of
organisms and plants, and also of ****. Detritus...
- The
Detrital Valley is a 51-mi (82 km) long
valley in
northwest Mohave County,
Arizona that
drains into Lake Mead. It is
parallel to the
valley just east...
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deposits at
Olduvai Gorge. A
number of
datable minerals occur as
common detrital grains in sandstones, and if the
strata have not been
buried too deeply...
- of
limestone that is
composed predominantly, more than 50 percent, of
detrital (transported) sand-size (0.0625 to 2 mm in diameter),
carbonate grains...
- more than 50 percent, of
either clay-size or both silt-size and clay-size
detrital (transported)
carbonate grains.
These grains consist either of
fossil fragments...
