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Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

... a mud-free ..., grain-supported, carbonate sedimentary rock. It may be current-laid or formed by mud being washed out from previously deposited sediment, or it may result from mud being bypassed while locally produced particles accumulated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche carbonatée dont les composants organiques ne sont pas liés entre eux pendant le dépôt et qui n'a pas de particules fines (boue).

CONT

Les grainstones sont une simple accumulation de grains jointifs. Cette variété [de roches carbonatées] peut avoir de multiples origines : née sous courants rapides, ou packstone à boue secondairement déplacée, ou due à une production trop rapide de grains.

Spanish

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