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subangular

[¦səb′aŋ·gyə·lər]
(science and technology)
Somewhat angular but free from sharp edges and corners.
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Unit II was composed of three beds: a 2 cm thick organic rich sediment layer at the base; a 10 cm thick peat layer, the lowermost peat observed in any section; and a 10 cm thick sand layer with subangular to subrounded cobbles and no sedimentary structures.
Stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of a mid-Pliocene fossil site in the High Arctic (Ellesmere Island, Nunavut): evidence of an ancient peatland with beaver activity
Lithic arenites are strongly indurated with poorly to moderately sorted, subangular grains and with packing density of 46-70% (FIGURES 7c and 7d).
Petrografia y proveniencia de las areniscas del Grupo Siwalik desde la region del limite principal de cabalgamiento, area del Rio Samari, Nepal Central, sub-Himalaya
1]: 0-9 cm, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) when moist and dark greyish brown (10YR 4/2) when dry, blocky subangular structure, silt loam texture, very friable consistence, few rock fragments, strongly calcareous, many fine roots, few earthworm excrement, clear, smooth boundary
Mineral composition of Rendzic Leptosols in protected areas of the Czech Republic
Majority of grains of the friable sandstone samples of the Bara formation from Lakhra sections are of equant and oblate shapes, subangular, low sphericity and the subangular class of sphericity.
Depositional environments of the Bara formation sandstone from Lakhra areas Sindh, Pakistan
7B), equi-granulares con limites y planos normalmente claros, poseen una morfologia subangular, caracteristicas afines a la textura de la matriz y una densidad optica ligeramente mas alta.
Eleccion tecnologica y expresion social: analisis arqueometrico de ceramicas funerarias argaricas del Cerro de San Cristobal (Ogijares, Granada)
Polar position of pollen grains has one of various shapes: circular, angular, hexagonal, lobate, or semiangular, interangular, subangular.
Pollen diversity in honey collected from Lithuania's protected landscape areas/ Leedu looduskaitsealadelt kogutud mee oietolmu jaotus
maximus gill rakers from a central position on the gill arch, include: an increase in gill raker length, a shift in the basal angle from rounded to subangular, an increase in length of the medial process, and development of a concave mesial edge to the medial process.
Cetorhinus cf. C. maximus (Gunnerus) (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae), a basking shark from the late miocene empire formation, Coos Bay, Oregon
99 Horizon Textual Structure Soil and profile class name consistency Ap clay subangular blocks hard Bss clay subangular blocks hard Bss2 clay subangular blocks hard Bk clay subangular blocks hard 2Ck clay loam massive hard Ap clay subangular blocks very hard Bss clay subangular blocks hard Bss2 clay subangular blocks hard Bw clay massive hard Bw2 clay massive hard Ap sandy loam granular slightly hard C sandy loam subangular blocks slightly hard C2 sandy loam subangular blocks slightly hard Ck sandy loam crumb friable 2C sand crumb friable 3C loam crumb friable 3C2 silty clay loam subangular blocks slightly hard Horizon Bases extracted [P.
Physical, chemical, and mineralogical characterization of Vertisols to determine their parent material/Caracterizacion fisica, quimica y mineralogica de Vertisoles para determinar su material parental/Caracterizacao fisica, quimica e mineralogica de Vertisois para determinar seu material parental
Se asume que el origen de esta fraccion este en las areniscas siliceas de la Formacion Barranquin, que aflora en la zona montanosa, dado el grado subangular de los cuarzos que revela el poco trasporte al cual han estado sometidos.
Reconocimiento sedimentologico de la ensenada de Cautaro, sector nororiental de la bahia de Mochima, estado Sucre-Venezuela
For Europe, Haltern H32 sand (round to subangular high purity silica) with 1.
Preventing sand mold and core defects: researchers evaluated new mineral additives for veining, penetration, surface finish and core quality properties
All fabrics were largely poorly sorted, with subangular to angular grains (Figure 3a).
The sherds of conquistadors: a petrological study of ceramics from Graciosa Bay and Pamua, Solomon Islands
They are subangular to subrounded and fractured mostly.
THE MINERALOGICAL AND PETROGRAPHICAL STUDIES OF THE LITHOFACIES OF THE HANGU FORMATION IN THE SALT RANGE, PUNJAB

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