Definition of siliciclastic in English:
siliciclastic
adjectivesɪˌlɪsɪˈklastɪksiˌlisəˈklastik
Geology Relating to or denoting clastic rocks consisting largely of silica or silicates.
Example sentencesExamples
- Successions in the more intact Permian units are depositionally underlain by siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.
- The lower parts of the two successions consist of very thick, compositionally immature, dominantly shallow marine siliciclastic sediments.
- Our data show, in contrast, that these siliciclastic strata were deposited in two chronologically distinct basins.
- Previous studies of coal sequence stratigraphy have concentrated on coals associated with siliciclastic depositional systems.
- The massif comprises low-grade, mainly fine-grained, siliciclastic deposits, ranging from the lowermost Cambrian to the upper Silurian in age.