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Siliciclastic (or siliclastic)
rocks are
clastic noncarbonate sedimentary rocks that are
composed primarily of
silicate minerals, such as
quartz or clay...
- (φ)
scale numerically orders these terms in a
logarithmic size scale.
Siliciclastic rocks are
clastic noncarbonate rocks that are
composed almost exclusively...
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toward the end of an
eruptive cycle.
Hybrid VMS-SEDEX
deposits of the
siliciclastic ****ociations (see below) may be
developed within interflow sediments...
- be
subdivided into
compositional groups based on
their mineralogy:
Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks, are
dominantly composed of
silicate minerals. The...
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turbiditic olistostromes. The term can
generally be
applied to
types of
siliciclastic sediments and
sedimentary rocks, and acts as a root name for sediments...
- proposed.
Schlager & Schöllnberger (1974) drew
attention to a dark
siliciclastic layer which abruptly interrupted a long
period of
carbonate deposition...
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preserved fossils, and is
mainly composed of
basalts inters****d with
siliciclastic sediments. The
potential importance of the
Yixian Formation was initially...
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predominantly of
carbonate mud. However, in most contexts, the term
refers to
siliciclastic mudstone,
composed mostly of
silicate minerals. The NASA
Curiosity rover...
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dominated by
carbonate deposition and the
upper Silesian with
mainly siliciclastic deposition. The
Dinantian was
divided into the
Tournaisian and Viséan...
- than sand in size.
Rudites include sedimentary rocks composed of both
siliciclastic, i.e.
conglomerate and breccia, and
carbonate grains, i.e. calcirudite...
