red clay

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red clay [′red ′klā]

(geology)

A fine-grained, reddish-brown pelagic deposit consisting of relatively large proportions of windblown particles, meteoric and volcanic dust, pumice, shark teeth, manganese nodules, and debris transported by ice. Also known as brown clay.

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No references found			Several battalions of soldiers, in their shirt sleeves despite the cold wind, swarmed in these earthworks like a host of white ants; spadefuls of red clay were continually being thrown up from behind the bank by unseen hands. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Some even painted their bodies with red clay, and anointed themselves with fish oil, to give additional lustre to their charms. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context The colour of the water, as seen at some distance, was like that of a river which has flowed through a red clay district, but under the shade of the vessel's side it was quite as dark as chocolate. The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context			red antimony Red Army red arsenic red azimuth tables red badge Red Badge of Courage, The Red Bank Red Banner Red Banners Red Banners Rebellion Red Baron Red Beds red blood cell Red Book Red Book audio red brass Red Brick Intelligent SQL Red Bridge State Wayside Red Brigade Red Brigades red bug red carnation red cedar red charcoal red chrysanthemum red clay Red Clay State Historic Park Red Cloud red clover red cobalt red copper ore Red Coral Red Crescent Red Cross Red Danish Cattle red death, the Red Deer red dwarf star Red Eagle red earth Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival Red Earths red eft Red Estonian Cattle red eye Red Eyebrow Rebellion Red Eyebrows red fir red flag Red Flannel Festival Red Fleet State Park			red cent red cents red cestrum Red chalk Red chalk Red chalk red charcoal Red Cheeks Red Chestnut Red Chestnut Red Chestnut Red chickweed Red Chili Red Chili Red Chilli Color Red Chillies Red Chillies Red China Red Chinese Red Chip Red chips Red Chlorophyll Catabolite Reductase Red Choke-berry Red Chokeberry red chrysanthemum Red Cientifica Peruana Red Científica Peruana Red Circle Rate Red classic tabby and white Red classic tabby and white red clay Red Clay Consolidated School District Red Clay Consolidated School District Red Clay Consolidated School District Red Clay State Historic Park red Clintonia Red Cloud Red Cloud red clover red clover red clover Red Clover Mottle Comovirus Red Clover Necrotic Mosaic Virus Red clover vein mosaic virus Red coat Red coat Red Coat Road & Rail Ltd Red cobalt Red cobalt Red cod Red cod Red code Red code Red codling red cole red cole red cole Red Columbine Red Condition Red Contable Agraria Nacional Red Cooperativa de Comunicaciones

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