- In oceanography,
terrigenous sediments are
those derived from the
erosion of
rocks on land; that is, they are
derived from
terrestrial (as
opposed to...
- 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...
- 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...
- rich in
organic matter, such as
shales and
marls with a
terrigenous origin, or some
terrigenous content. Conversely, carbonates,
evaporites and well-sorted...
- Models". MPRA
Paper – via ideas.repec.org. "From the
subprime to the
terrigenous:
Recession begins at home". Land
Values Research Group. June 2, 2009...
- and D. Spearing, 1982,
Sandstone depositional environments:
clastic terrigenous sediments ,
American ****ociation of
Petroleum Geologists Memoir no. 31...
- transgression. The
stratigraphically lower sediments have
evidence of
terrigenous influence,
while the
upper sediments were
mainly formed in a
marine environment...
