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clastic sediment

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clastic sediment [′klas·tik ′sed·ə·mənt]
(geology)
Deposits of clastic materials transported by mechanical agents. Also known as mechanical sediment.


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Charles to Kansas City, crossing notable karst in Ordovician and Mississippian carbonate rocks, into Pennsylvanian strata that is primarily clastic sediments with few karst features.
The host rock is late Proterozoic clastic sediments of the Buem Formation in the Voltaian basin which are iron enriched in a belt approximately 50 km.
The hole intersected Quaternary lavas and clastic sediments from collar to hole end at 284 metres.
 
 
 
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