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Record 1 2001-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A general name used for all natural materials composed of muds; that is silts, clays, and similar materials which, when mixed with water, form mud.

OBS

The term is equivalent to the Greek-derived term, pelite, and was introduced as lutyte by Grabau ... who used it with appropriate prefixes in classifying fine-grained rocks (e.g. "anemolutyte," "anemosilicilutyte," "hydrolutyte," and "hydrargillutyte").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Ensemble des roches sédimentaires détritiques dont les éléments sont de diamètre inférieur à 62,5 microns.

CONT

Les lutites comprennent les limons (0,05 à 0,02 mm) et les poudres (0,02 à 0,001 mm).

OBS

[...] (terme qui tend à remplacer celui de «pélite» [...] Les lutites non consolidées se subdivisent en silts (ou aleurites) à éléments compris entre 63 et 2 µm et en argiles, à éléments inférieurs à 2 µm.

OBS

Une lutite consolidée est plutôt désignée sous le nom de «pélite».

Spanish

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