siltstone


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a fine-grained sandstone of consolidated silt

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The sandstone grit unit forms a sub-basin that's lies unconformably over dolomite, siltstone and shales of the Yelma Formation.
a pyritic siltstone that lies immediately above the basal diamictite unit that hosts the copper mineralisation at Kamoa-Kakula".
In the study area, soils that developed from the Jurassic siltstone stratum exhibited remarkably lower pH values than that from the Jurassic sand-mudstone stratum.
The sandstone lithology in the studied area included argillaceous silt-stone, dolomitic lithic sandstone and dolomitic siltstone. Argillaceous silt-stone had a high content of terrigenous detrital minerals and the interstitial materials were mainly made up of clay minerals and some amount of authigenic quartz.
The most representative samples of pelitic siltstone and overlying deposits were chosen for microscopic studies.
The original conducting zone terminated inside the thirteenth-layer siltstone above the aquifer, as shown in number 13 in Table 1.
The Bara Formation is composed of sandstones, shale and minor amount of siltstone; it is the oldest Formation and occurs in the core of the Lakhra anticline, whereas the Laki Formation is the youngest Formation of this area and occurs on the flanks of the Lakhra anticline.
Northowram HT* 244/5 (Conroy 116, Cole 34 ) Triangle 243/6 (Siltstone 60, Madden 57, Gledhill 53, Fryer 35, Uttley 3-45 ) 10-4.
The results indicate that with respect to abrasion the Murree Formation can be divided into two categories, in the first category sandstone and siltstone can be included where as in second category mudstone and compact shale are placed.
The lower body, a thick brown - purplish finely laminated siltstone (whitish locally), with interbedded chert-limestone, a few millimeters to 30 cm thick.
Scientists began expeditions to the bluff in the 1980s and have since discovered thousands of bones buried in mud and siltstone permafrost.
Fully renovated kitchen with black siltstone countertops and stainless steel appliances, abundant closet space.