wacke

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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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Another name for a lithic wacke is greywacke.

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The terms quartz wacke, lithic wacke, and feldspathic wacke are used.

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The beach between Cape Hearne and Cape Kendall is in some places composed of slate-clay, and of a clay resembling wacke.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

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 Darwin, Charles