detrital
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[edit]Etymology
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]detrital (comparative more detrital, superlative most detrital)
- (geology) Consisting of, or pertaining to, geological detritus.
- 1964, N.D. Bespalov, Soils of Outer Mongolia[1], page 172:
- The light-chestnut soils are much more detrital than the chestnut varieties — not only at the surface but throughout the soil strata, except on sandy tracts.
See also
[edit]- Detritus (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia