(geology) Deposits of clastic materials transported by mechanical agents. Also known as mechanical sediment.
clastic sediment
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(′klas·tik ′sed·ə·mənt)
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- cubic packing (crystallography)
- supermature (geology)
- maturity index (geology)
- mature
- rhombohedral packing (crystallography)
- maturity (geology)
- Tidalites
- Provenance (geology and geodesy)
- Sediment and Sedimentation
- Sedimentology (geology and geodesy)
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- Queenston Delta
- Soil
- Turbidite
