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Definition of Clastic rock
1. Noun. (geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks.
Terms within: Clast
Generic synonyms: Rock, Stone
Derivative terms: Clastic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clastic Rock
| clast clastic clastic anatomy clastic rock (current term) clastics clastogen clastogenesis clastogenic clastogens clastothrix | clasts clat clatch clatched clatches clatching clathrate |
Literary usage of Clastic rock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"CHAPTER XVI TRANSPORTATION, SORTING, AND DEPOSITION OF clastic rock MATERIAL ONLY
the clastic material due to weathering may remain in the place where it is ..."
2. A Comprehensive Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"CHAPTER XVI TRANSPORTATION, SORTING, AND DEPOSITION OF clastic rock MATERIAL ONLY
the clastic material due to weathering may remain in the place where it is ..."
3. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1890)
"Under the microscope the quartzite is a typical epi- "clastic rock presenting no
strong evidence of deformation by pressure. "It consists of a heterogeneous ..."
4. ...Second Ed. of a Report on the Geology and Natural Rsources of the Area by Alfred Ernest Barlow (1907)
"The prevailing clastic rock in the southern and western part of the lake is the
... In the northeastern part of the lake the lowest clastic rock overlying ..."
5. Second Ed. of a Report on the Geology and Natural Resources of the Area by Alfred Ernest Barlow (1907)
"The prevailing clastic rock in the southern and western part of the lake is the
... In the northeastern part of the lake the lowest clastic rock overlying ..."
6. The Geology and Scenery of the Grampians and the Valley of Strathmore by Peter Macnair (1908)
"So complete is this simulation of a clastic rock, that it deceived, for a
considerable time, not a few experts in petrology. ..."
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