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Definition of Arenaceous rock
1. Noun. A sedimentary rock composed of sand.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arenaceous Rock
Literary usage of Arenaceous rock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Geological Survey of the State of Iowa: Embracing the Results by Iowa Geological Survey, James Hall, Josiah Dwight Whitney, Amos Henry Worthen (1858)
"The massive brown limestone at the top of the section, as well as the buff-colored
arenaceous rock above, seemed to be entirely destitute of fossils at this ..."
2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1866)
"... the rock is in part a pebbly sandstone, but often only a fine-grained, arenaceous
rock ; and from some portions of the Mississippi basin it is absent. ..."
3. The Quarterly Journal by Geological society of London (1847)
"In the debris at the base of the cliff I found some fossil bones evidently
disengaged from the arenaceous rock above, as they differ greatly from the fossil ..."
4. A handy-book of rock names by George Henry Kinahan (1873)
"... or quartzose particles and fragments, sometimes loosely piled together, but
often united compactly, in a typical arenaceous rock by a siliceous matrix. ..."
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