siltite

siltite

[′sil‚tīt]
(geology)
siltstone
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La formation de Weldon du Carbonifere inferieur (Tournaisien) du Groupe de Sussex, dans le sud-est du Nouveau-Brunswick se compose d'intervalles de mudstone dans des stratifications de siltite rouge et de gres a grain fin.
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