clastic

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A project for a clastic sedimentology class I was taking at the time required us to go visit a nearby roadcut outcrop, collect some data, and then synthesize our observations and interpretations.

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  1. adjective Separable into parts or having removable sections: a clastic anatomical model.
  2. adjective Geology Made up of fragments of preexisting rock; fragmental.

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  • Certain locations on the Bengal submarine fan, which is the single largest pile of clastic detritus on Earth, has some of the highest short-term rates known (several to 10s of meters per 1,000 years). —  Clastic Detritus
  • Hales thought plants were somehow able to modify the qualities of a single, highly clastic air. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • A project for a clastic sedimentology class I was taking at the time required us to go visit a nearby roadcut outcrop, collect some data, and then synthesize our observations and interpretations. —  Clastic Detritus
  • Slide 8: Non-clastic rocks form by chemical precipitation (settling out from a solution.) —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Core's unique line of perforating charges and gun systems has proved very effective in the various types of clastic and carbonate reservoirs that are prevalent throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
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  1. From Greek klastos, broken; see clast.

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  1. from Greek κλαστός, broken (from κλᾶν, break), + -ic; = French clastique = Spanish clástico.
 

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/ˈklæstɪk/
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