radiolarite

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noun

radiolarian ooze, or the sedimentary rock formed from it.

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Meanings

nounradiolarite (countable and uncountable, plural radiolarites)

plural radiolarites

  1. countableuncountableradiolarian ooze, or the sedimentary rock formed from it.

    The conodont-dominated assemblages with strongly impoverished to totally lacking benthos contained in the soft radiolarite-bearing shales of the Ponikev Formation are typical of units deposited during this time

    1984, Časopis pro mineralogii a geologii, volume 29, page 145
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    It comprehends the following generally flat-lying members: Hauptdolomit, Platten Limestone, Kossen Beds, Rhae- tian reef Limestone, Liassic marls and limestones, up to 350 m thick siliceous, radiolarite-bearing strata

    1980, Geologische Bundesanstalt (Austria), Outline of the geology of Austria and selected excursions
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