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Mudstone vs Siltstone - What's the difference?

mudstone | siltstone |

As nouns the difference between mudstone and siltstone

is that mudstone is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds while siltstone is a sedimentary rock whose composition is intermediate in grain size between the coarser sandstone and the finer mudstone.

mudstone

English

Noun

(wikipedia mudstone) (en noun)
  • (rock) A fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds.

    • siltstone

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia siltstone) (siltstones)
  • A sedimentary rock whose composition is intermediate in grain size between the coarser sandstone and the finer mudstone.