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Detritus (geology)

Detritus (adjective detrital) is a geological term used to describe particles of rock derived from pre-existing rock through processes of weathering and erosion. Detrital particles can consist of lithic fragments (particles of recognisable rock), or of monomineralic fragments (mineral grains). These particles are often transported through sedimentary processes into depositional systems such as riverbeds, lakes or the ocean forming sedimentary successions. Diagenetic processes can transform these sediments into rock through cementation and lithification, forming sedimentary rocks such as sandstone. These rocks can then in turn again be weathered and eroded to form a second generation of sediment.

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Detrital zircon constraints on terrane ages and affinities and timing of orogenic events in the San Juan Islands and North Cascades, Washington.
Oct 01, 2007; Abstract: Detrital zircon geochronology of this report pertains to Cretaceous orogeny in northwest Washington, an event that...
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Crustal sources in lower palaeozoic rocks from NW Iberia: Insights from laser ablation U-Pb ages of detrital zircons
Nov 01, 1999; Detrital zircons from greywackes belonging to an Ordovician volcanosedimentary-igneous complex in NW Spain were dated using the...
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detrital remanent magnetization
Jan 01, 1999; detrital remanent magnetization (DRM) The magnetization of a sediment acquired as ferromagnetic detrital grains become aligned by...
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Age constraints for Paleoproterozoic glaciation in the Lake Superior Region: detrital zircon and hydrothermal xenotime ages for the Chocolay Group, Marquette Range Supergroup.
May 01, 2006; Abstract: A geochronological study of the Chocolay Group at the base of the Paleoproterozoic Marquette Range Supergroup in...
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detrital
Jan 01, 1999; detrital Applied to material derived from the mechanical breakdown of rock by the processes of weathering and erosion .
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