Definition of Mudrocks

1. mudrock [n] - See also: mudrock

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mudrocks

mudless
mudlike
mudlogger
mudloggers
mudpack
mudpacks
mudpie
mudpies
mudproof
mudpuddle
mudpuppies
mudpuppy
mudra
mudras
mudrock
mudrocks (current term)
mudroom
mudrooms
muds
mudscow
mudscows
mudsill
mudsills
mudskipper
mudskippers
mudsled
mudsleds
mudslides
mudslinger

Literary usage of Mudrocks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fluid Flow Through Faults and Fractures in Argillaceous Formations by Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"Introduction Evidence for fault-controlled, paleo-fluid flow in mudrocks is often provided from features of the rock mass such as sedimentary de-watering ..."

2. Bulletin by New York State Museum of Natural History, New York State Museum (1906)
"7, 8 qnd 20 15 Coeymans Feet Inches Manlius 14 Thin bedded lime mudrocks 12 13 Massive dark gray lime mudro< k " upper curly bed "3 8 12 Thin and ..."

3. Abstracts of the Eighth International Conference on Geochronology by Marvin A. Lanphere, G. Brent Dalrymple, Brent D. Turrin (1994)
"Rb-Sr whole-rock regressions and K-Ar data from the < 2m illite fraction of samples of Ordovician and Silurian mudrocks are presented. ..."

4. A Collection of Occasional Surveys of Iron, Coal and Oil Districts in the by J. Peter Lesley (1874)
"Fissures in shaly mudrocks are closed as fast as made by the plasticity of the mass, and by the perpetual percolation of fine clay into them. ..."

5. Stability and Buffering Capacity of the Geosphere for Long-Term Isolation of by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2004)
"Given the importance of extensile fracturing around tunnels driven in more-indurated mudrocks, this proves to be a significant handicap in the quantitative ..."

6. The Permian Or Upper Carboniferous Flora of West Virginia and S.W. Pennsylvania by William Morris Fontaine, Israel Charles White, Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania (1877)
"... altered mudrocks, traps and shales ; to scattered flakes of the same ore spread lightly over the inner surfaces of joints and cracks in the sedimentary ..."

7. Fluid Flow Through Faults and Fractures in Argillaceous Formations by Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"Introduction Evidence for fault-controlled, paleo-fluid flow in mudrocks is often provided from features of the rock mass such as sedimentary de-watering ..."

8. Bulletin by New York State Museum of Natural History, New York State Museum (1906)
"7, 8 qnd 20 15 Coeymans Feet Inches Manlius 14 Thin bedded lime mudrocks 12 13 Massive dark gray lime mudro< k " upper curly bed "3 8 12 Thin and ..."

9. Abstracts of the Eighth International Conference on Geochronology by Marvin A. Lanphere, G. Brent Dalrymple, Brent D. Turrin (1994)
"Rb-Sr whole-rock regressions and K-Ar data from the < 2m illite fraction of samples of Ordovician and Silurian mudrocks are presented. ..."

10. A Collection of Occasional Surveys of Iron, Coal and Oil Districts in the by J. Peter Lesley (1874)
"Fissures in shaly mudrocks are closed as fast as made by the plasticity of the mass, and by the perpetual percolation of fine clay into them. ..."

11. Stability and Buffering Capacity of the Geosphere for Long-Term Isolation of by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2004)
"Given the importance of extensile fracturing around tunnels driven in more-indurated mudrocks, this proves to be a significant handicap in the quantitative ..."

12. The Permian Or Upper Carboniferous Flora of West Virginia and S.W. Pennsylvania by William Morris Fontaine, Israel Charles White, Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania (1877)
"... altered mudrocks, traps and shales ; to scattered flakes of the same ore spread lightly over the inner surfaces of joints and cracks in the sedimentary ..."

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