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Definition of Terrigenous
1. a. Earthborn; produced by the earth.
Definition of Terrigenous
1. Adjective. (geology of a marine sediment) Derived from the erosion of land-based rocks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Terrigenous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terrigenous
Literary usage of Terrigenous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Depth and Marine Deposits of the Pacific by John Murray, G. V. Lee (1909)
"Other terrigenous Deposits.—The terrigenous deposits other than Coral Mud and
Sand cover an area of about eight millions of square miles, forming a border ..."
2. The Student's Handbook of Physical Geology by Alfred John Jukes-Browne (1892)
"As a matter of fact, the disposition of the currents round continental coasts is
such that terrigenous material is seldom carried to more than 150 or 200 ..."
3. The Student's Handbook of Physical Geology by Alfred John Jukes-Browne (1892)
"As a matter of fact, the disposition of the currents round continental coasts is
such that terrigenous material is seldom carried to more than 150 ..."
4. The Earth: Its Genesis and Revolution, Considered in the Light of the Most by A. T. Swaine (1913)
"... Division of Cycles—terrigenous Muds Contrasted with Ocean Oozes—Tertiary
Sedimentary Cycle—Secondary Sedimentary Cycle—Chemical Composition of Chalk at ..."
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