wacke
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Another name for a lithic wacke is greywacke.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The quartz arenite and arkose have relatively little silt-clay matrix, while the lithic wacke has abundant matrix.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The terms quartz wacke, lithic wacke, and feldspathic wacke are used.
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Some considerable masses of wacke, which are associated with these basaltic strata, and which likewise occur in the basal series on the coast, especially at Quail Island, are curious.
From Volcanic Islands by Charles Darwin
It is not, however, apparent that they alone have formed the present state of the surface, as the south-eastern side of the plains is terminated by a much older formation of wacke.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris
