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radiolarite

radiolarite noun: radiolarian ooze, or the sedimentary rock formed from it.

Noun

radiolarite (countable and uncountable, plural radiolarites)

  1. radiolarian ooze, or the sedimentary rock formed from it.
    • It comprehends the following generally flat-lying members: Hauptdolomit, Platten Limestone, Kossen Beds, Rhae- tian reef Limestone, Liassic marls and limestones, up to 350 m thick siliceous, radiolarite-bearing strata1980, Geologische Bundesanstalt (Austria), Outline of the geology of Austria and selected excursions
    • The conodont-dominated assemblages with strongly impoverished to totally lacking benthos contained in the soft radiolarite-bearing shales of the Ponikev Formation are typical of units deposited during this time1984, Časopis pro mineralogii a geologii, volume 29, page 145

Forms of radiolarite

pluralradiolarites

Words formed from radiolarite

Questions about radiolarite

What does radiolarite mean?
Radiolarite means radiolarian ooze, or the sedimentary rock formed from it.
What part of speech is radiolarite?
Radiolarite is a noun.
What is the plural of radiolarite?
The plural of radiolarite is radiolarites.

Words near radiolarite in the dictionary

  1. radiolarian
  2. radiolarian ooze
  3. radiolarians
  4. radiolarist
  5. radiolarists
  6. radiolarite
  7. radiolarites
  8. radiolaritic
  9. radiolas
  10. radiole
  11. radiolead

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