Meanings
nounejecta spherule (plural ejecta spherules)
plural ejecta spherules
- geographyAn ejecta that is roughly in the shape of a small sphere.
Micro-CT image showing cutaway of clay-altered ejecta spherule with internal core of unaltered impact glass.
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Back-scattered electron image, and EDS maps showing the intensity of Ca, Si, K, Mg and Fe in a typical ejecta spherule from the event deposit.
2012, “Tsunami backwash deposits with Chicxulub impact ejecta and dinosaur remains from the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary in the La Popa Basin, Mexico”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
Translations
Finnish heittelepallonen
- heittelepallonenejecta that is roughly in the shape of a small sphere
Polish kulisty materiał wyrzucony
- kulisty materiał wyrzuconyejecta that is roughly in the shape of a small sphere
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ejecta spherule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ejecta%20spherule
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ejecta spherule,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ejecta%20spherule.
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