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Detrital

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de·tri·tus  (d-trts)
n. pl. detritus
1. Loose fragments or grains that have been worn away from rock.
2.
a. Disintegrated or eroded matter: the detritus of past civilizations.
b. Accumulated material; debris: "Poems, engravings, press releaseshe eagerly scrutinizes the detritus of fame" (Carlin Romano).
[French détritus, from Latin dtrtus, from past participle of dterere, to lessen, wear away; see detriment.]
de·trital (-trtl) adj.


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Common textures generated by mechanical compaction include thinning of laminate between, and draping over, concretions; flattening of burrows, fenestrae, gas-escape structures, desiccation cracks, and skeletal or detrital grains; rotated grains; spalling of coated grains; swirling structures; telescoping (conversion of grain-poor to grain-supported textures); and planar to curviplanar grain contacts.
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