SECONDARY ROCKS

Definition: SECONDARY ROCKS

SECONDARY ROCKS

1. Those lying between the Primary, or Paleozoic, and Tertiary (see Primary rocks , under Primary); -- later restricted to strata of the Mesozoic age, and at but little used.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definitions: SECONDARY ROCKS

Domain	Definitions
Mining	Rocks composed of particles derived from the erosion or weathering of preexisting rocks, such as residual, chemical, or organic rocks formed of detrital, precipitated, or organically accumulated materials; specif.,clastic sedimentary rocks. (references)
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Crosswords: SECONDARY ROCKS

English words defined with "SECONDARY ROCKS": Deuterogenic ♦ Primary rocks. (references)

Specialty definitions using "SECONDARY ROCKS": boulder blasting ♦ GEOLOGY ♦ jaw crusher ♦ keratophyre ♦ secondary deposit, secondary mineral deposit. (references)

Anagrams: SECONDARY ROCKS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-k-n-o-o-r-r-s-s-y"
	-4 letters: corncrakes, scorecards.
	-5 letters: accessory, accorders, corncakes, corncrake, crossroad, endorsors, endosarcs, rockroses, scorecard, secondary.
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