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arkosic

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arkosic [är′kōs·ik]
(petrology)
Having wholly or partly the character of arkose.


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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).
The siltstones are arkosic, have very angular grains, and apparently represent immature volcanic sediments.
 
 
 
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