different between clastic vs detrital
clastic
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (klastós, “broken in pieces”), from ?????? (kláein, “to break”) +? -ic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æst?k
Adjective
clastic (not comparable)
- Made up of parts that are easily removable.
- (geology, of rock) Made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.
Derived terms
- clast
- volcaniclastic
- pyroclastic
Related terms
- iconoclast
Translations
Noun
clastic (plural clastics)
- (geology) A rock made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.
Romanian
Etymology
From French clastique
Adjective
clastic m or n (feminine singular clastic?, masculine plural clastici, feminine and neuter plural clastice)
- clastic
Declension
clastic From the web:
- what's clastic mean
- what clastic rocks
- what clastic sediment
- what's clastic rock mean
- clastic what does it mean
- what is clastic sedimentary rock
- what is clastic texture
- what does clastic rock mean
detrital
English
Etymology
detritus +? -al
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /di?t?a?t?l/
- Rhymes: -a?t?l
Adjective
detrital (comparative more detrital, superlative most detrital)
- (geology) Consisting of, or pertaining to, geological detritus.
See also
- Detritus (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
detrital From the web:
- detrital meaning
- what are detrital sedimentary rocks
- what does detrital mean
- what is detrital food chain
- what are detrital rocks
- what is detrital wash
- what is detrital material
- what are detrital sedimentary rocks classified by
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