- In oceanography,
terrigenous sediments are
those derived from the
erosion of
rocks on land; that is, they are
derived from
terrestrial (as
opposed to...
-
freshwater mollusc s****.
Inside the
Black Sea
Depression they are
terrigenous non-carbonate silts, and at the foot of the
continental slope turbidite...
- or composition,
these sediments are
classified as either: from land (
terrigenous), from
biological organisms (biogenous), from
chemical reactions (hydrogenous)...
- and
lakes ac****ulate
sediment over time. The
sediment can
consist of
terrigenous material,
which originates on land, but may be
deposited in
either terrestrial...
- and D. Spearing, 1982,
Sandstone depositional environments:
clastic terrigenous sediments ,
American ****ociation of
Petroleum Geologists Memoir no. 31...
- sub-classifications
based upon
their dominance.
Along some
areas of
terrigenous sediment are
siliceous ooze. This is due to
siliceous ooze
being more...
-
marine sediment that
consists of clay and silt-sized
grains that are
terrigenous and some
biogenic material derived from the landm****
nearest the deposits...
- doubtful.
Ocean banks may be of
volcanic nature.
Banks may be
carbonate or
terrigenous. In
tropical areas some
banks are
submerged atolls. As they are not ****ociated...
- constituents: Tuffites,
volcanic ash, montmorillonite, cristobalite,
zeolites Terrigenous constituents: Quartz, feldspars, rock fragments, mica,
heavy minerals...
- the
distance from
major landm****es,
which affects their dilution by
terrigenous, or land-derived, sediment. The
second factor is
water depth,
which affects...
