mud composition
1Mud engineer — A mud engineer (correctly called a Drilling Fluids Engineer, but most often referred to as the Mud Man ) works on an oil well or gas well drilling rig, and is responsible ensuring the properties of the drilling fluid, also known as drilling mud,… …
2MUD — This article is about a type of online computer game. For other uses, see Mud (disambiguation) …
3Mud-terrain tyre — A Mud Terrain Tyre is a type of automotive tire which may be fitted as an aftermarket option to four wheel drive vehicles. Mud terrain tires are characterized by large, chunky tread patterns designed to bite into muddy surfaces and provide grip.… …
4Drilling mud — In geotechnical engineering, drilling mud, also known as spud mud (when beginning the drilling process), is a drilling fluid used to drill boreholes into the earth. Often used while drilling oil and natural gas wells and on exploration drilling… …
5drilling mud — a water based or oil based suspension of clays pumped into an oil well during drilling in order to seal off porous rock layers, equalize the pressure, cool the bit, and flush out the cuttings. Also called drilling fluid. * * * ▪ excavation… …
6Terms designating composition and physical characteristics — ▪ Table Terms designating composition and physical characteristics Detrital rocks Rudites (coarse) conglomerates (rounded clasts) breccias (angular clasts) basal, or transgression fanglomerates (in alluvial fans) tillites (glacially… …
7Sediment — Cobbles on a beach River Rhône flowing into Lake Geneva …
8mudstone — /mud stohn /, n. Geol. a clayey rock with the texture and composition of shale but little or no lamination. [1730 40; MUD + STONE] * * * ▪ rock sedimentary rock composed primarily of clay or silt sized particles (less than 0.063 mm [0.0025… …
9mudstone — mud•stone [[t]ˈmʌdˌstoʊn[/t]] n. gel a clayey rock with the texture and composition of shale but little or no lamination • Etymology: 1730–40 …
10sedimentary 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… …
