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Clastic vs Detrital - What's the difference?

clastic | detrital |

As adjectives the difference between clastic and detrital

is that clastic is made up of parts that are easily removable while detrital is consisting of, or pertaining to, geological detritus.

clastic

English

(wikipedia clastic)

Adjective

(-)
  • made up of parts that are easily removable.
  • (geology, of rock) made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.

    • Derived terms

    * clast * volcaniclastic * pyroclastic

    Related terms

    * iconoclast

    detrital

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (geology) Consisting of, or pertaining to, geological detritus.
  • * {{quote-book, 1964, N.D. Bespalov, Soils of Outer Mongolia, page=172 citation
    • passage=The light-chestnut soils are much more detrital than the chestnut varieties — not only at the surface but throughout the soil strata, except on sandy tracts. }}

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