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Definition of Arkosic

Arkosic
Arkose Ar*kose", n. [F] (Petrog) A sandstone derived from the disintegration of granite or gneiss, and characterized by feldspar fragments. -- Ar*kos"ic, a.

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- -koʊz/) or arkosic sandstone is a detrital sedimentary rock, specifically a type of sandstone containing at least 25% feldspar. Arkosic sand is sand...
- 1945, near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The gl**** is primarily composed of arkosic sand composed of quartz grains and feldspar (both microcline and smaller...
- Uluru (Ayers Rock) in Australia is underlain by the Mutitjulu Arkose, a formation composed almost entirely of a single lithology (arkosic sandstone)....
- Haukikvartsiten) is a rock unit of quartz arenite found in northernmost Sweden. More arkosic parts are of reddish colour but otherwise made of light grey rocks. Apart...
- series of openings (tafoni) eroded in a small hill composed of bare red arkosic conglomeritic sandstone. The sandstone was first formed some 6–15 million...
- locally with interbedded thin dark grey dolostone and grey quartzite and arkosic layers. Thin, white sandy laminae commonly found in the graphitic beds...
- underlying the Disi and Umm Sahn sandstone formations, and overlying the Salib Arkosic Formation. The Salib in turn overlies the eroded Aqaba Complex of plutonic...
- metamorphosed sedimentary and igneous rocks. Although it is dominated by deformed arkosic sedimentary rocks, it includes turbiditic greywackes, black mudstones,...
- Palaeogene, based on zircon dating. It predominantly consists of fine-co**** arkosic sandstone, which has been interpreted as either been deposited in fluvial...
- the Denver area in Colorado. It is characterized by alternating beds of arkosic sandstone and mudstone. The Dawson Arkose contains plant remains and other...