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clastic rock that contains mostly silt-sized material, from 0.0039 to 0.062 mm.
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A fine-grained sedimentary rock composed mainly of silt, intermediate in grain size between sandstone and shale, lacking the fissility of the latter.
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A very fine-grained consolidated clastic rock composed predominantly of particles of silt.
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type of fine grained sedimentary rock
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Sedimentary rock made up of dominantly silt-sized particles.
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sedimentary rock like shale but lacking in the tendency to split into layers.
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a fine-grained, layered sedimentary rock composed primarily of grains between 1/256 mm and 1/16 mm in size. Siltstones tend to be "flaggy" and contain hard thin layers. They feel grittier than shales or mudstones.
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An indurated silt having the texture and composition of silt but lacking its fine lamination or fissility; a massive mudstone in which silt predominates over clay; a non-fissile silt shale.
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a fine-grained sandstone of consolidated silt
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The consolidated equivalent of silt.
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A rock whose grainsize composition is finer than sandstone but coarser than shale.
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fine-grained sedimentary rock consisting of consolidated silt.
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a very fine-grained rock composed primarily of silt-size grains
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A rock made up of silt-sized particles.
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sedimentary rock made mostly of silt-sized grains.
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A sedimentary rock formed by consolidation of fine silt.
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Siltstone - A sedimentary rock in which silt (1/256 to 1/16 millimeter in diameter) predominates over clay ( 1/256 millimeter in diameter).
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A fine-grained sedimentary rock composed mostly of silt-size particles.
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Fine-grained sedimentary rock generally composed of very small quartz grains.
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Sedimentary rock composed of silt-size (0.004-0.06 mm) particles (i.e., silt is coarser than clay, but finer than sand and has a slightly gritty feel when rubbed between the fingers or placed between the front teeth and lightly ground). See: sedimentary rock
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A rock integrated by légamo hardened, a fine sedimentario material.
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an exceptionally fine-grained sedimentary rock.
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a very fine grained sedimentary rock, sometimes referred to as a shale
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Similar to shale, but has greater than 2/3 silt and lacks the fine laminations.
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(220) - Sedimentary rock consisting of fine-grained particles in the size range of 0.004 to 0.062 mm. Composed chiefly of clays and fine-grained quartz with mica.
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a sedimentary rock made of silt-size particles cemented together.
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Siltstone is a fine-grained type of sandstone that is made from silt
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A sedimentary rock similar in composition to mudstone, but slightly coarser grained
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A fine-grained, consolidated sedimentary rock, composed largely of silt-sized particles.
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Siltstone is a geological term for a sedimentary rock whose composition is intermediate in grain size between the coarser sandstone and the finer mudstone.
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