- poorly sorted rock
- Хлидолит
Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности. 2011.
Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности. 2011.
Rock microstructure — includes the texture of a rock and the small scale rock structures. The words texture and microstructure are interchangeable, with the latter preferred in modern geological literature. However, texture is still acceptable because it is a useful… … Wikipedia
rock — rock1 rockless, adj. rocklike, adj. /rok/, n. 1. a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like. 2. Geol. a. mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable… … Universalium
Rock — /rok/, n. a male given name. * * * I In geology, a naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of minerals. The three major classes of rock igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic are based on the processes that formed them. These three classes are… … Universalium
rock glacier — A mass of poorly sorted angular boulders and fine material, with interstitial ice a meter or so below the surface (ice cemented) or containing a buried ice glacier (ice cored). It occurs in a permafrost area, and is derived from a cirque wall… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
sedimentary rock — Rock formed at or near the Earth s surface by the accumulation and lithification of fragments of preexisting rocks or by precipitation from solution at normal surface temperatures. Sedimentary rocks can be formed only where sediments are… … Universalium
Sedimentary rock — Middle Triassic marginal marine sequence of siltstones (below) and limestones (above), Virgin Formation, southwestern Utah, USA Sedimentary rock are types of rock that are formed by the deposition of material at the Earth s surface and within… … Wikipedia
Clastic rock — A thin section of a clast (sand grain), derived from a basalt score. Vesicles (air bubbles) can be seen throughout the clast. Plane light above, cross polarized light below. Scale box is 0.25 mm Clastic rocks are composed of fragments, or clasts … Wikipedia
Seal Rock (San Francisco County, California) — Seal Rock is a large and prominent rock found offshore at the North end of the Ocean Beach in San Francisco, California, United States. It is named for the population of Steller s sea lions ( Eumetopias jubatus ) and California sea lions (… … Wikipedia
talus cone — A steep (e.g., 30 40.), cone shaped landform at the base of a cliff or escarpment that heads in a relatively small declivity or ravine, and composed of poorly sorted rock and soil debris that has accumulated primarily by episodic rockfall or,… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
ground moraine — a) Commonly an extensive, low relief area of till, having an uneven or undulating surface, and commonly bounded on the distal end by a recessional or end moraine. b) A layer of poorly sorted rock and mineral debris (till) dragged along,… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
conglomerate — conglomeratic /keuhn glom euh rat ik, keuhng /, conglomeritic /keuhn glom euh rit ik, keuhng /, adj. n., adj. /keuhn glom euhr it, keuhng /; v. /keuhn glom euh rayt , keuhng /, n., adj., v., conglomerated, conglomerating. n. 1. anything composed… … Universalium