rock flour

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rock flour

Finely ground rock particles produced by glacial abrasion. Also called glacier meal.

rock flour

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) very finely powdered rock, produced when rocks are ground together (as along the faces of a moving fault or during the motion of glaciers) and are thus chemically unweathered

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