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Definition of Arkose

1. n. A sandstone derived from the disintegration of granite or gneiss, and characterized by feldspar fragments.

Definition of Arkose

1. Noun. (geology) A sedimentary rock consisting of small fragments of feldspar and quartz similar to a coarse sand. ¹

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Definition of Arkose

1. a type of sandstone [n -S] : ARKOSIC [adj] - See also: sandstone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arkose

Literary usage of Arkose

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

1. Bulletin by Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1908)
"Regarding the significance of arkose, all seem to agree that such an accumulation means a period in which granitic rocks were disintegrated more rapidly ..."

2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"Disrupted products: arkose and wacke.—In dry regions, in cold regions, on mountain heights and precipitous slopes, and under other conditions where sudden ..."

3. Contributions to the Pre-Cambrian Geology of Northern Michigan and Wisconsin by Rolland Craten Allen, L. P. Barrett, Ermine Cowles Case, W. I. Robinson (1915)
"Conglomerate-arkose—The basal member of the Gwinn series is mainly arkose and arkose ... The dominant phase of the member is arkose or decomposed granite. ..."

4. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1907)
"Interbedded arkose and shale grading upward into shale ... 8 17. Conglomerate, containing pebbles 4-5 inches in diameter, of various granites, ..."

5. The Virginias, a Mining, Industrial & Scientific Journal, Devoted to the by Jedediah Hotchkiss (1880)
"352 i Sandstone, arkose, white and reddish gray, coarse and argillaceous; ... 589 9 containing mineral charcoal, 581 9 Sandstone, arkose, gray,with ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1879)
"240 11 17' 4" Sandstone, arkose, light gray, coarse, slightly calcareous, ... 366 1 20' Sandstone, arkose, light gray, partially coarse and calcareous, ..."

7. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1850)
"The arkose of the Vosges, according to Delesse, is a metamorphic quartzite, consisting essentially of hyaline quartz, and crystals of orthose. 10. ..."

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