- terrigenous sediment
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terrigenous sediment
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Terrigenous — In oceanography, terrigenous sediments are those derived from the erosion of rocks on land; that is, that are derived from terrestrial environments.(Pinet, 79) Consisting of sand, mud, and silt carried to sea by rivers, their composition is… … Wikipedia
terrigenous sediments — plural noun Sediment derived from the erosion of land deposited either on land or in the sea • • • Main Entry: ↑terrigenous … Useful english dictionary
terrigenous — [te rij′ə nəs, tərij′ə nəs] adj. [L terrigenus < terra,TERRA + gignere, to be born: see GENUS] 1. earthborn 2. designating or of sea bottom sediment derived from the erosion of land … English World dictionary
Sediment — Cobbles on a beach River Rhône flowing into Lake Geneva … Wikipedia
terrigenous — adjective Etymology: Latin terrigena earthborn, from terra earth + gignere to beget more at kin Date: 1882 being or relating to oceanic sediment derived directly from the destruction of rocks on the earth s surface … New Collegiate Dictionary
terrigenous — adjective (of a marine sediment) Derived from the erosion of land based rocks … Wiktionary
terrigenous — [tɛ rɪdʒɪnəs] adjective Geology denoting marine sediment eroded from the land. Origin C17: from L. terrigenus (from terra earth + genus born ) + ous … English new terms dictionary
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
Contourite — A contourite is a sedimentary deposit produced by thermohaline induced deepwater bottom currents and may be influenced by wind or tidal forces.[1][2] Most contourites are formed in continental rise to lower slope settings, although they may occur … Wikipedia
Fröjel formation — mid Silurian), the sediments represent an unusually high supply of terrigenous sediment into the shallow carbonate platform that was to become the island of Gotland.cite journal doi = 10.1007/s10347 005 0050 0 title = Silurian carbonate platforms … Wikipedia
submarine fan — Accumulation of land derived sediment on the seafloor; a fan is shaped like the section of a cone, with its apex at the mouth of a subbmarine canyon. The sediments consist largely of sandy material that drops from the canyon current in… … Universalium
