Definition of Psammitic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Psammitic

psalmograph
psalmography
psalmwriter
psalmwriters
psalter
psalteria
psalterial
psalteries
psalterium
psalters
psaltery
psaltries
psaltry
psammite
psammites
psammitic (current term)
psammology
psammoma
psammomas
psammomatous
psammon
psammons
psammophile
psammophiles
psammophilous
psammophyte
psammophytes
psammosere
psammoseres
psarolite

Literary usage of Psammitic

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

1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1892)
"25 ; German, p. 20. Geolog. Durchsch.. Nordseite, No. 64, 68, 69, 72, 74, 76, p. 83), and of psammitic quartz rock (talc quartzite ..."

2. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"... the psammitic fraction level, 20 percent), as well as in the distribution of montmorillonite and kaolinite in relation to the psammitic component ..."

3. The Study of Rocks: An Elementary Text-book of Petrology by Frank Rutley (1884)
"ç, a small stone) ; the psammitic (from ... although the coarse materials of the latter are often mixed with or cemented by psammitic and pelitic matter. ..."

4. The Study of Rocks: An Elementary Text-book of Petrology by Frank Rutley (1881)
"... division of the clastic rocks, although the coarse materials of the latter are often mixed with or cemented by psammitic and pelitic matter. ..."

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