a variety of fine sandstone formed from consolidated silt
siltstone in American English
(ˈsɪltˌstoun)
noun
Geology
a very fine-grained sandstone, mainly consolidated silt
Word origin
[1925–30; silt + stone]This word is first recorded in the period 1925–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Nazi, chain reaction, off-line, recycle, reflex camera
Examples of 'siltstone' in a sentence
siltstone
A series of sandstone a few meters thick occurs above laminated to bioturbated clayey siltstone.
Sztanó Orsolya, Sebe Krisztina, Csillag Gábor, Magyar Imre 2015, 'Turbidites as indicators of paleotopography, Upper Miocene Lake Pannon, Western MecsekMountains (Hungary)', Geologica Carpathicahttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/geoca.2015.66.issue-4/geoca-2015-0029/geoca-2015-0029.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The main lithological units consist chiefly of evaporite, conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, and loess.
Ali Mahaqi, Mohammad Mehdi Moheghi, Marzieh Mehiqi, Mohmmad Anvar Moheghy 2018, 'Hydrogeochemical characteristics and groundwater quality assessment for drinking andirrigation purposes in the Mazar-i-Sharif city, North Afghanistan', Applied Water Sciencehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13201-018-0768-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Landslide-prone strata during extreme rainfall events were sandstone and siltstone.
Chunhung WU 2017, 'Comparison and Evolution of Extreme Rainfall-Induced Landslides in Taiwan', ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Informationhttps://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/6/11/367. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The first contains only the euryhaline fossils in siltstone beds.
Artur Chahud, Setembrino Petri 2015, 'The Tatuí Formation (Early Permian, Paraná Basin), Brazil: Paleontology and PaleoenvironmentalConsiderations', Earth Sciences Research Journalhttps://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/esrj/article/view/50245. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The rip ups of siltstone and clay occur at the base of sandstone.
Muhammad, Syed Muhammad , Munir ul , Muhammad 2017, 'THE SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY, REMOTE SENSING, GEOMORPHOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF MIOCENE TOLATE PLIOCENE SEDIMENTS IN DISTRICT SUDHUNHOTI AND POONCH, AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR,PAKISTAN', Earth Science Malaysiahttps://zibelinepub.com/archives/1esmy2017/1esmy2017-08-14.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The addition of optimum cement content for siltstone stabilization was about 7 to 10 per cent.
Hartono Edi, Prabandiyani Retno Wardani Sri, Setyo Muntohar Agus 2018, 'The effect of cement stabilization on the strength of the Bawen's siltstone', MATEC Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201819503012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The siltstone components are altered to microcrystalline quartz, iron oxides and interlayered illite/smectite clay minerals.
Polona Kralj 2006, 'Dacite – siltstone peperite from Trlično at Rogatec, Eastern Slovenia', Geologijahttp://www.geologija-revija.si/dokument.aspx?id=403. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Quartz sandstone and siltstone are interpreted as fluvial deposits and the thinly laminated shales as transgressive lacustrine or lagoonal deposits.
S. Elo, T. Kuivasaari, M. Lehtinen, O. Sarapää, A. Uutela 1993, 'Iso-Naakkima, a circular structure filled with Neoproterozoic sediments, Pieksämäki,southeastern Finland', Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finlandhttp://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume65/sgs_bt_065_1_pages_003_030.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)