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detrital (adjective): Relating to or consisting of small rock fragments or debris
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- Consisting of, or pertaining to, geological detritus.
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A characteristic magnetization resides in magnetite of detrital origin.
This is called detrital remanent magnetization.
In deeper water probably detrital food.
These detrital sedimentary rocks are composed of a mix of particle sizes.
It is also known to occur as small grains in detrital sands.
The provenance of the detrital material was dacitic volcanics.
Organic reefs and banks and associated detrital sediments.
Detrital and authigène uraninite grains were not observed in this study.
It occurs in granite pegmatites and detrital black sands.
Detrital food web.
Sedimentary rocks are either detrital or chemical.
Assumed that these detrital branches and logs were derived from trees.
In the headwaters the brook is covered by detrital and almost invisible.
Detrital zircons analyzed in this sequence indicated a paleoproterozoic source area with minor archean contribution.
This indicates detrital origin.
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These patterns are largely controlled by the relative proportions of hydrothermal and detrital components.
Intercalated near the base of the detrital succession are carbonates.
Detrital inputs were the lowest during the two Late Frasnian Kellwasser horizons.
Quantities of kelp are then available to enter the detrital food chain.
Zircon minerals can be both detrital grains from sedimentary rocks and crystals in igneous rocks.
These sediments contain a mix of natural and anthropogenic detrital grains.
The rainfall precipitation increased interacted with detrital enrichment decreased cdom concentration inside the phytotelmata.
Quartz, silicates, sulphides and iron oxide particles found in the sludges are detrital in origin.
REE composition showed some signs of detrital matter in the silicate rich samples.
In addition, OM from seagrasses is included indirectly by the detrital pathway.
A modification to the BOD and detrital components is presented and implemented in the mathematical model.
We hence document a direct sedimentary flux that is linked to the detrital particle matrices.
Graded beds formed from detrital materials are generally composed of sand, and clay.
This assemblage of clay minerals shows a permanence of detrital sources filling the basin.
These are residual or detrital soils resulting from the alteration of pre-existing rocks.
There are often relationships between the detrital web and the grazing web.
The oldest detrital zircons in metaconglomerate and schist are also near 1 Ga.
Sediment size compositon also demonstrated a seasonal change but detrital composition did not.
There are two main types of detrital zircon analysis, qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis.
Particle size is the primary basis for distinguishing among various detrital sedimentary rocks.
Barrages often contain a significant detrital component, composed of organic material leaf litter, branches etc.
Like the Kaskaskia sequence, Absaroka sedimentary deposits were dominated by detrital or siliclastic rocks.
U-Pb ages on detrital zircon grains in these units indicate a dominant Paleoproterozoic provenance.
A polycyclic geodynamical evolution is inferred from the detrital zircon studies and field observation.
Arkose is a detrital sedimentary rock, specifically a type of sandstone containing at least 25 % feldspar.
The Late Cretaceous sedimentary cover corresponds to calcareous detrital series deposited on a paralic environment.
The detrital Lower Triassic ( Buntsandstein ) is very similar to the Permian.
Metal concentrations in Capitella grown on 19 detrital stocks derived from natural seaweeds were similar.
Conversely, the Early Famennian recorded an increase of detrital inputs.
It is perhaps best typified by detrital chromite-bearing, fuchsitic quartzites.
Chemical analysis of this sample ( Table 1 ) showed silica depletion, indicative of detrital silica removal . Example 4.
The plain it is on, consists of detrital materials that resulted from the erosion [… ].
Detrital zircon as old as 3647 Ma is present in the Oxford Lake Group.
Miles per hour, to get up to Detrital Wash.
It is found in sandy to silty detrital areas close by the reef . [ 2 ].
