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siliciclastic

adj

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. Such a rock

The neighborhood

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