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- Preferred Labelskos:prefLabel
diamicton
- URI
- http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/lithology/diamicton ↗Go to the persistent identifier link
- Within Vocab
- Simple Lithology
| Preferred Labelskos:prefLabel | diamicton |
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| Definitionskos:definition | Unsorted or poorly sorted, clastic sediment with a wide range of particle sizes, including a muddy matrix. Biogenic materials that have such texture are excluded. Distinguished from conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone based on polymodality and lack of structures related to transport and deposition of sediment by moving air or water. Assignment to an other size class can be used in conjunction to indicate the dominant grain size. |
| Exact MatchexactMatch |
http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/LithologyValue/diamicton
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| Broaderbroader |
clastic sediment
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| See AlsoseeAlso | Simple Lithology |
| Notenote | definition amplified to help distinguish diamicton, conglomerate and wackestone in this version |
| Is Defined ByisDefinedBy | Simple Lithology |