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Definition of Sedimentary clay
1. Noun. Clay soil formed by sedimentary deposits.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sedimentary Clay
Literary usage of Sedimentary clay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Economic Geology of the United States by Heinrich Ries (1905)
"-Section of a sedimentary clay deposit. After forming » Deposit Rie>, US Geol.
... Of sedimentary clay C-Fig- 25). Such beds are often of great thickness ..."
2. Economic Geology by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"... and this upon being ground and mixed with water often becomes as plastic as
an unconsolidated clay. Fio. 61. — Section of a sedimentary clay deposit. ..."
3. Economic Geology by Heinrich Ries (1916)
"Section of a sedimentary clay deposit. (After Ries, US Geol. Sun., Prof. Pap.
11.) Residual materials may also have been transported by wind or glacial ..."
4. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1906)
"On this point Heinrich Bies in his report on the clays of New Jersey says :6 "A
residual clay was compared with a sedimentary clay of the same composition. ..."
5. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1904)
"This may be added to from time to time, and to such a deposit the name of
sedimentary clay is applied. All sedimentary clays are stratified or made up of ..."
6. Mineral Deposits by Waldemar Lindgren (1919)
"The sedimentary clay is therefore to be regarded rather as a rock than as a
mineral and its principal use is for structural purposes. ..."
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