radiolarite

English

Noun

radiolarite (countable and uncountable, plural radiolarites)

1. (uncountable, countable) radiolarian ooze, or the sedimentary rock formed from it.
   • 1980, Geologische Bundesanstalt (Austria), Outline of the geology of Austria and selected excursions‎^[1]:

     It comprehends the following generally flat-lying members: Hauptdolomit, Platten Limestone, Kossen Beds, Rhae- tian reef Limestone, Liassic marls and limestones, up to 350 m thick siliceous, radiolarite-bearing strata

   • 1984, Časopis pro mineralogii a geologii‎^[2], volume 29, page 145:

     The conodont-dominated assemblages with strongly impoverished to totally lacking benthos contained in the soft radiolarite-bearing shales of the Ponikev Formation are typical of units deposited during this time

Further reading

• “radiolarite”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Glossary of Geology, Julia A. Jackson, ‎James P. Mehl, ‎Klaus K. E. Neuendorf, 2005, page 534

Anagrams

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French

Noun

radiolarite f (plural radiolarites)

1. radiolarite

Further reading

• “radiolarite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.