calciclastic

[‚kal·sə′klas·tik]

(petrology)

Pertaining to calcium carbonate-containing rock eroded from a preexisting source, transported some distance, and then redeposited; for example, calciclastic limestone.

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The reefal detrital input increases progressively towards the top of the sequence which is confirmed by the increasing calciclastic lithofacies and their maximum gravel size of about 80 cm.

Formas compuestas de Asterosoma ludwigae Schlirf, 2000 en el Jurasico de la Cuenca Lusitanica (Portugal): estrategias condicionales en el comportamiento de Crustacea

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