siliciclastics

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A form of siliciclastic — Describing clastic rocks that bear quartz or similar silicate minerals

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noun
  1. pluralplural of siliciclastic

    To the west, sedimentation is dictated by the Mississippi River and the input of siliciclastics into the NE GoM. Bottom sediments are dominated by quartz sand on the shelf forming the “MAFLA” (Mississippi-Alabama-Florida) Sand Sheet [25, 26 ].

    2015 July 15, “Sedimentation Pulse in the NE Gulf of Mexico following the 2010 DWH Blowout”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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