siliciclastic

adj, noun — 2 senses

adj

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences Describing clastic rocks that bear quartz or similar silicate minerals

As with siliciclastic turbidites, the maximum thickness of an individual bed is commonly not attained in the neighborhood of the source area, but at some distance downcurrent (Fig. 5.16b); then it decreases distally.2000, Gerhard Einsele, Sedimentary Basins: Evolution, Facies, and Sediment Budget, page 221:

noun

Such a rock

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