clastic rock


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Related to clastic rock: clast, Carbonate rock
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Noun1.clastic rock - (geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks
geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
clast - (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock
rock, stone - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
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and Wei, W.: 2015, Experimental investigation of creep behavior of clastic rock in Xiangjiaba hydropower project.
CREEP BEHAVIOR AND ACOUSTIC EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF COAL SAMPLES WITH DIFFERENT MOISTURE CONTENT
For research projects in the future, the SVMs can be trained to identify sedimentary structures in borehole image of clastic rock, common in Aguardiente and middle part of Capacho formations.
Automatic Identification of Calcareous Lithologies Using Support Vector Machines, Borehole Logs and Fractal Dimension of Borehole Electrical Imaging/Identificacion Automatica de Litologias Calcareas Utilizando Maquinas de Vector de Soporte, Registros de Pozo y Dimension Fractal de Imagenes Electricas de Pozo
Following the hydrothermal activity, deposition of the clastic rock formation (later metamorphosed to phyllites) and limestones took place.
Distribution, microfabric, and geochemical characteristics of siliceous rocks in central orogenic belt, China: implications for a hydrothermal sedimentation model
carbonate rock and clastic rock. The latter is easy to excavate and the country has been banking on the fields based among clastic rock in a major way since 1970.
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Xiao, The Application Study of NMR Logging--The Study of Clastic Rock Reservoir Pore Structure, [T.sub.2] Dynamic Cutoff Value, Heavy Oil Identification, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China, 2012.
Influence of Extreme Temperature on the Pore and Fracture Development of High-Rank Coal
Although the Benue Trough lead-zinc-barium deposits may be considered a clastic rock dominated lead-zinc-barium deposit, they lack the essential characteristics of SEDEX deposits and hence do not fit properly into any of Leach et al.'s (2005) grouping of sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposit.
Contrasting styles of lead-zinc-barium mineralization in the Lower Benue Trough, Southeastern Nigeria/Contraste de estilos de mineralizacion de plomo-zinc-bario en la parte baja de la Formacion Benue Trough, en el sudeste de Nigeria
27-29 and 31 are found in Cretaceous clastic rock, the spring no.
Hydrochemistry of the hot springs in Western Sichuan province related to the Wenchuan [M.sub.s] 8.0 earthquake
The geomaterials at the upstream boundary of the landslide deposit are mainly clastic rock and glacial stony soil with thickness ranging from 5 m to 20 m.
Stability and Failure Mechanism Analyses of the Zhenggang Landslide in Southwestern China
It is a common law that mudstones have higher GR values and conventional sandstones have relatively lower GR values in clastic rock formations.
Genesis analysis of high-gamma ray sandstone reservoir and its log evaluation techniques: a case study from the Junggar Basin, Northwest China

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