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CALCARENITE [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geochemistry
DEF

Calcareous sediment in which a high percentage of the clasts can be of quartz within a calcareous matrix or, more generally, a clastic limestone in which both clasts and matrix are calcareous.

OBS

Calcarenites are characterized by a particle range of 0.006 - 2.00 mm in diameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géochimie
DEF

Roche sédimentaire résultant de la cimentation d'un sable calcaire par du carbonate de calcium et formée en majeure partie d'éléments compris entre 62,5 µm et 2 mm.

DEF

[...] calcaires détritiques, d'une manière générale selon la taille des éléments constituants, [...] correspondant à la classification générale [voir arénite] précédés du préfixe calci [...]

Spanish

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