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Clastic sedimentary rocks containing silt- or clay-sized particles that are less than 0.0625 mm and/or clay minerals. The argillaceous rocks (lutites)...



= Encyclopedia Article; = Research Update
Classification of fine-grained mechanical sediments. (After F. J. Pettijohn, Sedimentary Rocks, 2d ed., Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. 1957)
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