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clast::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fragment |
| Derivation | clastic |
Examples of clast
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The bulk of conglomerates deposited in this setting are clast-supported with a strong AB-plane imbrication.
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Spirit Rover camera images of the intercrater planes between Lahontan Crater and Columbia Hills illustrating examples of uniformly-spaced clast distribution.
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The maximum clast size decreases as the clasts are transported further due to attrition, so conglomerates are more characteristic of immature river systems.
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- (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock
- Clastic rocks are composed of fragments, or clasts, of pre-existing rock. Geologists use the term clastic with reference to sedimentary rocks as well as to particles in sediment transport whether in suspension or as bed load, and in sediment deposits.
- A fragment of rock that was broken from a larger rock or rock unit
- (clasts) "sack term" applied to fragments (e.g., pebbles, cobbles and boulders), usually to those within aggregates, such as gravels, conglomerates, and sedimentary breccias.
- An individual grain or constituent of a rock.
- A fragment of rock that has been transported, either by volcanic or sedimentary processes.
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- An individual constituent, grain, or fragment of a detrital sediment or sedimentary rock, produced by the physical disintegration of a larger rock mass.
- Are bits and pieces of other rock. Clast is always from nonliving (inorganic) sources.
