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Bilingual glossary of geology

Clastic (syn.: Detrital) (Sedimentary Rock) Clastique (syn.: détritique) (roche sédimentaire)

Rock constituted of fragments of pre-existing rocks (adapted from: Plummer et al., 2007).

Themes:
  Sedimentary rocks

Related words:
  Biochemical (Sedimentary Rock)
  Chemical (Sedimentary Rock)