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Definition of Graywacke

Graywacke
Graywacke Gray"wacke`, n. [G. grauwacke; grau gray + wacke wacke. See Gray, and Wacke, and cf. Grauwacke.] (Geol.) A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles sand firmly united together. Note: This term, derived from the grauwacke of German miners, was formerly applied in geology to different grits and slates of the Silurian series; but it is now seldom used.

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- Greywacke or graywacke (German grauwacke, signifying a grey, earthy rock) is a variety of sandstone generally characterized by its hardness (6–7 on Mohs...
- important, but also the material: The use of hard stone, such as gneiss, graywacke, schist, and granite, was relatively common in the Old Kingdom. The color...
- interbedded, mudstone, shale, clayey sandstone, calcareous sandstone, graywacke, and sandy limestone. The base of the North Col Formation is a regional...
- the Greater Antilles are located in Cuba. They consist of metamorphosed graywacke, argillite, tuff, mafic igneous extrusive flows, and carbonate rock. It...
- in Grand Prix Circuit (2011–present) Surface Asphalt concrete with Graywacke aggregate Length 5.125 km (3.185 miles) Turns 16 Race lap record 1:27...
- The greywacke zone is a band of Paleozoic metamorphosed sedimentary rocks that forms an east-west band through the Austrian Alps. The greywacke zone crops...
- Formation of ashflow tuff-lahar deposits, the Hyde Glacier Formation of graywacke-argillite-conglomerate, the Drake Icefall Formation of black shales and...
- adhesive on the sand around the track. The surface of the track is made of graywacke aggregate, shipped to Bahrain from Bayston Hill quarry in Shropshire,...
- ). Terra Publishing. ISBN 1-903544-19-X. Dott, R. H. (1964). "Wacke, graywacke and matrix – what approach to immature sandstone classification". Journal...
- consists of a sequence of shales rhythmically interbedded with thin, hard, graywacke-like sandstones. Typically the shales do not contain many fossils, while...