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SHELLY SANDSTONE [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geology
OBS

shelly: Said of a sediment or sedimentary rock containing the shells of animals ...

OBS

sandstone: A medium-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of abundant and rounded or angular fragments of sand size set in a fine-grained matrix ...

Key term(s)
  • shelly pure-quartz sandstone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie

Spanish

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