quartz-flooded limestone

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quartz-flooded limestone [′kwȯrts ‚fləd·əd ′līm‚stōn]

(petrology)

A limestone characterized by an abundance of quartz particles that had been imported suddenly from a nearby source by wind or water currents, but that gradually become sparser in an upward direction and completely disappear within a few centimeters.

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