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cutinite

cutinite

[′kyüt·ən‚īt]
(geology)
A variety of exinite consisting of plant cuticles.
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The component variation of terrigenous organic matter and the sum of vitrinite, inertinite, sporinite, resinite, cutinite, fluorinite, and alginite (the sum of lamalginite and telalginite, Table 2) are plotted respectively in Figure 2c and Figure 3c-d.
Various types of organic materials were recognized (Figure 5(a)): woody organic matter (W), coaly organic matter (I), exinite (E), cutinite (C), algal organic matter, and amorphous organic matter (AOM).
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