Definition of Claystones

1. claystone [n] - See also: claystone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Claystones

claykicker
clayless
claylike
claym
claymated
claymating
claymation
claymations
claymore
claymore mine
claymores
claypan
claypans
clays
claystone
claystones
claytonia
claytonias
claytronic
claytronics
clayware
claywares
cleading
cleadings
clean-cut
clean-handed
clean-limbed
clean-living
clean-shaven

Literary usage of Claystones

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

1. The Mineral Resources of New South Wales by Geological Survey of New South Wales, Edward Fisher Pittman (1901)
"These intrusions produced induration of the claystones, while the more porous tuffs were permeated by hydro- thermal solutions, which had the effect of ..."

2. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1896)
"The claystones *nd cherts dip chiefly westwards at angles of from 45 to 60°. ... Radiolaria are abundantly distributed through these claystones and cherts ..."

3. Report of the Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the by ANZAAS. (1905)
"At north Dundas the schists appear to lie conformably upon and even pass over into the slates and claystones of the Dundas group. The observations are not, ..."

4. A System of Geology: With a Theory of the Earth, and an Explanation of Its by John Macculloch (1831)
"In the claystones of the trap family, the progress of induration is ... But, in certain situations, the same claystones are found passing into jasper; ..."

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