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CLASTIC SEDIMENT [1 record]

Record 1 2006-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
  • Petrography
DEF

A sediment formed by the accumulation of fragments derived from preexisting rocks or minerals and transported as separate particles to their places of deposition by purely mechanical agents (such as water, wind, ice, and gravity); ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

[Sédiment] constitué surtout de fragments de roches, de minéraux, ou de fossiles.

CONT

Les «clastiques» (blocs, galets, grains et particules) avancent par roulement, par petits bonds (saltation) ou par saccades (sous-érosion) sous l'effet de traction du courant.

CONT

Les gîtes fissuraux sont connus au Brésil [...], dans le sud de l'Oural, en Nouvelle-Écosse, au Ghana, en Australie [...] On les rencontre [...] souvent fortement tectonisés, et surtout dans des successions épaisses de sédiments clastiques fins, en milieu eugéosynclinal profond.

Spanish

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