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wacke

(ˈwækə)
n
(Geological Science) obsolete any of various soft earthy rocks that resemble or are derived from basaltic rocks
[C18: from German: rock, gravel, basalt]
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The test work results showed that of the combined mass of the size fractions of + 10mm and + 4mm to minus 10mm from a composite of all ten samples subjected to the test work, an average of 45% of the sample mass was rejected as barren or insignificantly mineralised Quartz Wacke (the host rock of mineralisation), leaving 55% of mineralised Quartz Wacke available for milling and processing.
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La CIDI 2.1 presenta una alta fiabilidad intervaluadores (Wittchen et al., 1991), test-retest (Wacke et al., 2006), asi como elevada consistencia interna (Wittchen, 1994).
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The south side of the harbour Dieffenbach considered to consist of "much fissured wacke and basalt".
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Wacke. A "Das fideicomissum a debitore relictum, en TR 39, 1971, pp.
A HISTORY MAGIC TRIANGLE: FIDEICOMISO & EQUITY & TRUST/TRIANGULO HISTORICO JURIDICO MAGICO: FIDEICOMISO & EQUITY & TRUST
Croix belt is a highly deformed Cambrian-Ordovician (Tremadocian to Sandbian) sequence of shale, wacke, and quartzose sandstone; the Fredericton belt is a thick Silurian (Llandoverian to Ludlovian) sequence of wacke, shale, and calcareous sandstone (Ruitenberg 1967; Fyffe and Riva 2001; Castonguay et al.
Geological relationships and laser ablation ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology of the Saint George Batholith, southwestern New Brunswick, Canada: implications for its tectonomagmatic evolution
Quartz Wacke Facies (MF1): This facies is 4.11m thick in the field.
MICROFACIES AND DIAGENETIC ANALYSIS OF AMB FORMATION WESTERN PART OF CENTRAL SALT RANGE, PAKISTAN

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