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PELLETED LIMESTONE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A limestone characterized by abundant pellets, such as some lower Paleozoic limestones whose major constituents are fecal pellets, or carbonate muds that display rounded or ellipsoidal aggregates of "grains of matrix" material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Les calcaires en boulettes ("pellet limestones") sont à rattacher aux calcaires organiques. Ils sont formés de petites boulettes résultant de l'action d'organismes limnivores.

Key term(s)
  • calcaire pelletoïdal

Spanish

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