Fine-grained sedimentary rock consisting of consolidated silt.
粉砂岩
Example sentencesExamples
The upper Gotham Member also comprises thinly interbedded mudstone, siltstone, and fine-grained calcareous sandstone.
Thick Permian to Cretaceous continental rise deposits merge southward into a continuous Ordovician to Eocene shelf sedimentary succession of marine carbonate, sandstone, siltstone and shale.
Permian shale, sandstone, siltstone, limestone, sands, marls, and dolostones were deposited by sea-level fluctuations.
The canyon fill passes conformably upward into limestone and calcareous siltstone and sandstone of the Wonoka Formation.
Reddish-brown siltstone and fine-grained sandstone of the Organ Rock Tongue form the lower slopes of the hill and part of the nearly vertical wall above the lower slopes.
Definition of siltstone in US English:
siltstone
nounˈsiltstōnˈsɪltstoʊn
Fine-grained sedimentary rock consisting of consolidated silt.
粉砂岩
Example sentencesExamples
The upper Gotham Member also comprises thinly interbedded mudstone, siltstone, and fine-grained calcareous sandstone.
Permian shale, sandstone, siltstone, limestone, sands, marls, and dolostones were deposited by sea-level fluctuations.
The canyon fill passes conformably upward into limestone and calcareous siltstone and sandstone of the Wonoka Formation.
Thick Permian to Cretaceous continental rise deposits merge southward into a continuous Ordovician to Eocene shelf sedimentary succession of marine carbonate, sandstone, siltstone and shale.
Reddish-brown siltstone and fine-grained sandstone of the Organ Rock Tongue form the lower slopes of the hill and part of the nearly vertical wall above the lower slopes.