- sandstone-arenite
- песчаниковый аренит
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
sandstone-arenite
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Arenite — (Latin Arena , sand) is a sedimentary clastic rock with sand grain size between 0.063 mm (0.00256 in) and 2 mm (0.08 in) and contain less than 15% matrix. [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article 9009339/arenite Britannica definition of arenite ] … Wikipedia
arenite — [ar′ə nīt΄, er′ə nīt΄] n. [L arena, sand, ARENA + ITE1] sandstone or other sedimentary rock made up chiefly of sand grains … English World dictionary
sandstone — /sand stohn /, n. a common sedimentary rock consisting of sand, usually quartz, cemented together by various substances, as silica, calcium carbonate, iron oxide, or clay. [1660 70; SAND + STONE] * * * Sedimentary rock formed from sand sized… … Universalium
arenite — /ar euh nuyt , euh ree /, n. Geol. psammite. [ < L (h)aren(a) sand + ITE1] * * * ▪ rock any sedimentary rock that consists of sand sized particles (0.06–2 millimetres [0.0024–0.08 inch] in diameter), irrespective of composition. More formal … Universalium
lithic arenite — ▪ mineral sandstone (i.e., sedimentary rock composed of grains 0.06–2 mm [0.0024–0.08 inch] in diameter) containing over 50 percent rock fragments. Lithic arenites most often are of gray or salt and pepper colour because of the inclusion of … Universalium
quartz arenite — variety of the rock quartzite (q.v.) formed by deposition of silica in subterranean sandstone. * * * … Universalium
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sedimentary rock — Rock formed at or near the Earth s surface by the accumulation and lithification of fragments of preexisting rocks or by precipitation from solution at normal surface temperatures. Sedimentary rocks can be formed only where sediments are… … Universalium
Sedimentary rock — Middle Triassic marginal marine sequence of siltstones (below) and limestones (above), Virgin Formation, southwestern Utah, USA Sedimentary rock are types of rock that are formed by the deposition of material at the Earth s surface and within… … Wikipedia
quartzite — quartzitic /kwawrt sit ik/, adj. /kwawrt suyt/, n. a granular metamorphic rock consisting essentially of quartz in interlocking grains. [1840 50; QUARTZ + ITE1] * * * Sandstone that has been converted into a solid quartz rock. Quartzites are… … Universalium
Ngarrabullgan — For the former mining town, see Mount Mulligan, Queensland. Ngarrabullgan (Mount Mulligan) view of Ngarrabullgan escarpment from the east … Wikipedia
