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Keywords:
Basin,
Esp,
Sediments,
Pertaining,
Sedimentary
Pertaining to, or composed of, detritus.
A word used in reference to sediments or sedimentary rocks that are composed of particles that were transported and deposited by wind, water or ice.
A collective term for loose rock and mineral material worn off or removed by mechanical means from pre-existing rock
1. Pertaining to detritus. 2. A rock formed from detritus.
Pertaining to or formed from detritus; said esp. of rocks, minerals, and sediments. The term may indicate a source outside the depositional basin or a source within it.
Formed from detritus i.e. mineral material produced by mechanical means, e.g. disintegration or abrasion, and removed from its place of origin
A term applied to any particles, minerals or rocks, which have been derived from pre-existing rock by processes of weathering and/or erosion.
Formed from detritus of preexisting rock. This is particularly for rocks, minerals, and sediments composed of precursor components.
a rock formed from the accumulation of solid fragments transported from a source area to a site of deposition (beach, basin, stream channel, lake, etc.)
(de-tri“-tal) Pertaining to or formed from detritus; esp. said of minerals occurring in sedimentary rocks which were derived from pre-existing rocks either within or outside the basin of deposition.
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