- In oceanography,
terrigenous sediments are
those derived from the
erosion of
rocks on land; that is, they are
derived from
terrestrial (as
opposed to...
- the
distance from
major landm****es,
which affects their dilution by
terrigenous, or land-derived, sediment. The
second factor is
water depth,
which affects...
- space.
There are four
basic types of
sediment of the sea floor: 1.) "
Terrigenous"
describes the
sediment derived from the
materials eroded by rain, rivers...
- s**** Diamictite – A
lithified sedimentary rock of non- to
poorly sorted terrigenous sediment in a
matrix of
mudstone or
sandstone Diatomite – Soft, siliceous...
- and
lakes ac****ulate
sediment over time. The
sediment can
consist of
terrigenous material,
which originates on land, but may be
deposited in
either terrestrial...
-
marine sediment that
consists of clay and silt-sized
grains that are
terrigenous and some
biogenic material derived from the landm****
nearest the deposits...
- doubtful.
Ocean banks may be of
volcanic nature.
Banks may be
carbonate or
terrigenous. In
tropical areas some
banks are
submerged atolls. As they are not ****ociated...
-
freshwater mollusc s****.
Inside the
Black Sea
Depression they are
terrigenous non-carbonate silts, and at the foot of the
continental slope turbidite...
- constituents: Tuffites,
volcanic ash, montmorillonite, cristobalite,
zeolites Terrigenous constituents: Quartz, feldspars, rock fragments, mica,
heavy minerals...
-
lithified sedimentary rock that
consists of
nonsorted to
poorly sorted terrigenous sediment containing particles that
range in size from clay to boulders...