wacke
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The terms quartz wacke, lithic wacke, and feldspathic wacke are used.
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Another name for a lithic wacke is greywacke.
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The quartz arenite and arkose have relatively little silt-clay matrix, while the lithic wacke has abundant matrix.
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Two of these streams of basalt were separated from each other by a layer of argillaceous wacke, which could be traced passing into partially altered scoriae.
From Volcanic Islands by Charles Darwin
From these considerations it is not surprising that formerly many geologists believed in real transitions from aqueous deposits, through wacke, into igneous traps.
From Volcanic Islands by Charles Darwin
