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PRONUNCIATION OF DETRITAL

detrital  [dɪˈtraɪtəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DETRITAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Detrital is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DETRITAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Detritus (geology)

Detritus is particles of rock derived from pre-existing rock through processes of weathering and erosion. A fragment of detritus is called a clast. Detrital particles can consist of lithic fragments, or of monomineralic fragments. These particles are often transported through sedimentary processes into depositional systems such as riverbeds, lakes or the ocean forming sedimentary successions. Diagenetic processes can transform these sediments into rock through cementation and lithification, forming sedimentary rocks such as sandstone. These rocks can then in turn again be weathered and eroded to form a second generation of sediment.

Definition of detrital in the English dictionary

The definition of detrital in the dictionary is of or relating to a loose mass of stones, silt, etc, worn away from rocks.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DETRITAL


cital
ˈsaɪtəl
disentitle
ˌdɪsɪnˈtaɪtəl
dital
ˈdaɪtəl
encrinital
ˌɛnkrɪˈnaɪtəl
entitle
ɪnˈtaɪtəl
eremital
ˈɛrɪˌmaɪtəl
intravital
ˌɪntrəˈvaɪtəl
Keitel
ˈkaɪtəl
meteorital
ˈmiːtɪəˌraɪtəl
mistitle
ˌmɪsˈtaɪtəl
nontitle
ˌnɒnˈtaɪtəl
nonvital
ˌnɒnˈvaɪtəl
pightle
ˈpaɪtəl
recital
rɪˈsaɪtəl
requital
rɪˈkwaɪtəl
retitle
riːˈtaɪtəl
subtitle
ˈsʌbˌtaɪtəl
title
ˈtaɪtəl
unvital
ʌnˈvaɪtəl
vital
ˈvaɪtəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DETRITAL

detractor
detractory
detractress
detrain
detrainment
detribalisation
detribalise
detribalization
detribalize
detriment
detrimental
detrimentally
detrition
detritovore
detritus
Detroit
detrude
detruncate
detruncation
detrusion

WORDS THAT END LIKE DETRITAL

capital
congenital
digital
extramarital
general hospital
genital
hospital
human capital
marital
nonmarital
orbital
paid-in capital
postmarital
premarital
share capital
social capital
spital
university hospital
venture capital
working capital

Synonyms and antonyms of detrital in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «detrital» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DETRITAL

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The translations of detrital from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «detrital» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

碎屑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

detrítico
570 millions of speakers

English

detrital
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

detrital
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرواسب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обломочные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

detrital
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

detrital
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

détritique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Detrital
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Geröll
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

砕岩質の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쇄설
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Detrital
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mảnh vụn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேய்வுப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Detrital
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

döküntülü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

detritico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

detrytyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

уламкові
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

detritică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

detrital
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

detrale
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

detrital
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

detrital
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DETRITAL»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DETRITAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about detrital

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DETRITAL»

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Sand and Sandstone
For example, a single list of minerals present is virtually meaningless; we need instead several lists by categories, such as primary detrital, precipitated cement, and post- depositional alteration products. The distinction between "detrital" and  ...
F. J. Pettijohn, 1987
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The identification of detrital feldspars
L. van der Plas. IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURES BASED ON CHEMICAL METHODS INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW The study of the light fraction of soil samples or samples of sediments is met with numerous difficulties. In the preceding 100 ...
L. van der Plas, 2011
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Extreme Depositional Environments: Mega End Members in ...
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of detrital carbonate grains and their potential source. A: SEM image of highly polished Paleozoic carbonate rock surface. Sample is from a fluvially abraded surface covered by scallops, sinuous  ...
Marjorie A. Chan, Allen William Archer, 2003
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Observations on the Detrital Tin Ore of Cornwall
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
William Jory Henwood, 2010
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Detrital Gypsum Forms in the Nigerian (Southern) Sector of ...
DETRITAL. GYPSUM. FORMS. IN. THE. NIGERIAN. (SOUTHERN). SECTOR. OF. CHAD. BASIN: A. Criteria. for. interpretation. in. Nigeria's. inland. basins. 1Haruna, A. I., 2 Maigari, A. S., 3Tahir, M. I., 4Mamman, Y. D. and 5Gusikit, R. B. 1 ,2, ...
Ahmed Isah Haruna, A. S. Maigari, M. L. Tahir, 2012
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Processing Chain Interactions in a Grassland Detrital Food ...
In chapter two, I determined the relative importance of two aspects of resource quality for soil nematodes: detrital carbon to nitrogen ratio and carbon lability (sugar to cellulose to lignin ratios).
Justin Leif Bastow, 2007
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Evolution of Early Earth's Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and ...
A precise Re- Os isochron age of 2.99 Ga obtained for rounded pyrite grains associated with the uraninite indicates that the pyrite is also detrital. Evidence of detrital forms in the gold has confirmed its placer origin prior to modification during ...
Stephen E. Kesler, Hiroshi Ohmoto, 2006
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Paleozoic and Triassic Paleogeography and Tectonics of ...
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 8572 l, USA ABSTRACT U-Pb geochonologic analyses have been conducted on 648 individual detrital zircon grains from Paleozoic and Triassic strata of western Nevada and northern California.
Michael J. Soreghan, George E. Gehrels, 2000
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Sedimentary Processes, Environments and Basins: A Tribute to ...
Single-crystal. dating. and. the. detrital. record. of. orogenesis. DOUGLAS W. BURBANK*, IAN D. BREWER†, EDWARD R. SOBEL‡ and MICHAEL E. BULLEN † *Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, ...
Gary Nichols, Edward Williams, Chris Paola, 2009
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Carbonate rocks
Where two or more grain types are present in approximately equal amounts in the rock, it is suggested that the two names be hyphenated, such as detrital- micritic limestone. Most generally, however, one grain type predominates over the other ...
George V. Chilingar, Harold Joseph Bissell, Rhodes Whitmore Fairbridge, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DETRITAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term detrital is used in the context of the following news items.
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New database documents submarine landslides - Phys.org
Reconstruction of tectonic events on the northern Eurasia margin of the Arctic, from U-Pb detrital zircon provenance investigations of late ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
2
New Grand Canyon age research focuses on western Grand Canyon
We found that in one of our eighteen samples, the detrital zircon age spectrum is consistent with sediment derivation from Amazonia (a ... «Science News, Jun 15»
3
Tectonic Model Shows North America May Once Have Been Linked …
This publication marks the first time a complete detrital mineral age dataset has been compiled to compare the Belt basin deposits to strata of ... «Imperial Valley News, Jun 15»
4
Riverbed methanotrophy sustained by high carbon conversion …
To date, most freshwater ecologists would argue that riverine food webs are based firmly on a combination of allochthonous detrital resources ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
5
Inventus Mining Provides Drill Results from the Pardo JV and …
The elevated gold values obtained from this drilling correspond with the detrital pyrite-rich conglomerate facies observed in the 2015 drill core. «Junior Mining Network, Jun 15»
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Marquee Energy Ltd. Announces First Quarter 2015 Financial …
As previously announced, Marquee expanded its light oil Banff/ Detrital fairway at Michichi with the purchase of 34 net sections of land, 330 ... «Canada NewsWire, May 15»
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Inventus Announces Recent Drilling Results at the Pardo JV
At the Godzilla Zone, the top of the MiBC is well mineralized with detrital pyrite and associated gold. This well-mineralized, higher-grade upper ... «Junior Mining Network, May 15»
8
Science students win outstanding poster award
... Amidon from Middlebury College, titled “U-PB Dating of Detrital Zircons in the Cram Hill Formation, Vermont: Implications for Paleogeography ... «Basement Medicine, May 15»
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Vampire Squid feeds upon waste, blasts eggs
They show for the first time that two retractable filaments are used by Vampyroteuthis to capture detrital matter of various sizes. This includes ... «SlashGear, Apr 15»
10
Tight oil and shale gas plays update
Geologic formations that contain oil and gas include clastic or detrital rocks (formed from pieces of pre-existing rocks or minerals), chemical ... «Energy Global, Apr 15»

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