Clastic

Word CLASTIC
Character 7
Hyphenation clas tic
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Clastic"

What do we mean by clastic?

Separable into parts or having removable sections. adjective

Made up of fragments of preexisting rock; fragmental. adjective

Relating to what may be taken to pieces.

Breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts; causing or undergoing disruption or dissolution: as, clastic action; the clastic pole of an ovum; a clastic cell.

In geology, fragmental: as, clastic rocks; clastic structure.

In petrography, sedimentary rocks composed of fragments of older rocks.

Pertaining to what may be taken apart. adjective

Fragmental; made up of brok� fragments. adjective

Made up of parts that are easily removable. adjective

Made from fragments of pre-existing rocks. adjective

Capable of being taken apart adjective

Of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone) adjective

A rock made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.

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The word "clastic" in example sentences

I still don't understand how that happened other than to think that somehow they didn' pay enough attention to the conference chair Andrew Miall - a noted clastic sedimentologist and maybe somebody the CSPG thought would be friendlier to their policy statement. ❋ EliRabett (2010)

Belize shelf - carbonate sediments, clastic sediments, and ecology. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The surface geology of this ecoregion consists of clastic sedimentary rocks and recent alluvium. ❋ Unknown (2008)

On shore, 5 m sand dunes and alluvial sands and gravels overlie relatively recent sedimentary, Tertiary clastic and PreCambrian crystalline rocks. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The caves that have been created are some of the largest found anywhere in the world, and are superb examples of tropical river caves with flood incuts, extensive clastic sediment deposits and ellipticle tubes linking different cave levels. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This quaternary plain was formed by the post-orogenic clastic depositing of sediment, derived from adjacent tectonic uplifts deposited in the basin of the lower Magdalena River that formed a platform of peat intercalated with sand and clay beds. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Similarly, geomorphology varies from a low-gradient slope along the alluvial coastal plain, composed primarily of unconsolidated sediments to steeper gradients of acidic rocks of igneous origin and clastic sediments as one moves up into the mountains. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The transition back to clastic sediment deposition between 5550 14C yr B.P. and 3950 14C yr B.P marks the end of this warming period and the beginning of a neoglacial interval. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A small peak in clastic sedimentation was followed by a larger peak in glacigenic sedimentation, and presumably of ice extent, late in the Neoglacial interval Leonard and Reasoner, 1999. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Cobalt Plain in the northeast section of the Ontario portion is composed of flat-lying clastic sediments with ridges and hills formed by gabbro sills or granitic rock inliers. ❋ Unknown (2007)

On the basis of egg burial, one major point is missed it seems in these arguments, and that sequential layers of fossils and fossils buried in clastic sediments in a single series. ❋ Unknown (2005)

While the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary comes the closest to what we expect with ever-decreasing geologic-energy levels, it too falls short when examining offshore clastic and carbonate accumulations. ❋ Unknown (2005)

But in addition to this very general evolution of medieval thought from enthusiastic system towards critical, and even icono - clastic, analysis, there was specifically a doctrine of elementary minima being elaborated during the Ren - aissance within the Aristotelian tradition by such ❋ HAROLD J. JOHNSON (1968)

When the Church had settled down after the Icono - clastic controversy in the eighth and early ninth cen - turies, the missionary work amongst the Slavs was taken up, and with it went the general civilizing influ - ences of Byzantium, producing a distinct differentiation in culture between the two halves of the whole conti - nent. ❋ HERBERT BUTTERFIELD (1968)

In their icono-clastic fervour they laid hands on the sacred shrine of the ❋ Unknown (1920)

Visually, and supported by assay results from our core holes, we continue to see strong indications of a significant gold system and exceptionally large and very complex, multi-stage collapse breccias within the 800 foot thick Devils Gate limestone and up into the overlying clastic rock units.

The evaluation of cuttings, logs and sidewall cores demonstrate the presence of oil over a 200 feet low permeability and low porosity clastic section.

Although tuffaceous rocks are the most common in the deposit there are also clear intervals of clastic and chemical sedimentary rocks and a few late intrusives. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Moreover, HERO technology is proving to be effective not only in North American tight-gas sand and gas-shale reservoirs, but also in carbonate and conventional clastic reservoirs in the Middle East and Asia Pacific. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On March 20, after nearly 200 years of dormancy, Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano started rumbling fiercely; then, the top exploded in a massive out-pouring of lava, pyro-clastic debris and sulfurous smoke and ash. ❋ Michael Ricciardi (2010)

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