网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 arenite
释义 arenite
noun[ C or U ]
 geology specializeduk /ˈær.ə.naɪt/ us /ˈær.ə.naɪt/
a type of rock that is made of sand or particles(= small pieces) similar to sand: 粗屑岩
Many of the island's rocks have been identified as relatively quartz-rich arenites. 这座岛上大多数的岩石是石英含量相对较多的粗屑岩。
Arenite is a sedimentary rock.粗屑岩是一种经沉积形成的岩石。
Related word
arenaceous
Most of these sedimentary rock fragments are coarse arenites or fine diamictites.
The composition of the arenites is given in Table 2.
Arenite is a sedimentary clastic rock with sand grain size between 0.0625 mm (0.00246 in) and 2 mm (0.08 in).
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Geology: types of rock
agglomerate
arenaceous
asthenosphere
asthenospheric
basaltic
emery
flinty
gneiss
intrusive
lahar
limestone
lodestone
magma
marcasite
marl
marmoreal
mudstone
obsidian
sandstone
schist

Examples of arenite


arenite
In sections from a proximal position relative to the palaeo-shoreline, the lower parts of this limestone are dolomitized and contain thin intercalations of quartz arenite.
Beds of very fine to very coarse, rarely gravelly, sandstone (volcanic lithic arenite) and mudstone dominate the succession with subordinate beds of lithic and vitric tuff.
Beds of very fine to very coarse, sandstone (volcanic lithic arenite) and mudstone dominate the succession with a bed of lithic and vitric tuff occurring at one horizon.
Beds of very fine to very coarse, rarely gravelly, sandstone (volcanic lithic arenite) and mudstone dominate the succession with beds of lithic and vitric tuff occurring at two horizons.
The term quartzose sandstone can also be used for a quartz arenite.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Sand composition is largely quartz arenite and a small percentage of monomineralic components dominated by quartz and some accessory minerals (zircon, feldspar, hematite, and rutile).
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The arenite can contain calcareous concretions, fossils and hardgrounds with shell fragments.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Six sandstone names are possible using descriptors for grain composition (quartz-, feldspathic-, and lithic-) and amount of matrix (wacke or arenite).
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The sediment is mostly quartz arenite.
From
Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
随便看

 

反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2005-2024 fscai.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2025/2/2 21:53:39