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quartzarenite
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quartzarenite [kwȯrt′sar·ə‚nīt]
(petrology)
A quartz-rich sandstone with framework grains separated predominantly by cement rather than matrix; essentially an orthoquartzite.
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2000) resulted in recognition of the first-reported occurrences in Canada of quartz arenite containing stromatolites and biofilm structures (Fig.
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Provenance of multicycle quartz arenites of Pliocene age at Arcos, southwestern Spain.
Roundness and surface features of quartz grains in Middle Devonian ... by Kleesment, Anne / Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
The Gowganda Formation is conformably overlain by the Lorrain Formation, which has a maximum observed thickness in excess of 300 m and is cut by an erosional surface; this thickness includes only the lower arkosic unit and not the overlying quartz arenite (Jambor 1971a).
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