wacke
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wacke
1795–1805; < German: a kind of stone
Example Sentences
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The terms quartz wacke, lithic wacke, and feldspathic wacke are used.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The quartz arenite and arkose have relatively little silt-clay matrix, while the lithic wacke has abundant matrix.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Another name for a lithic wacke is greywacke.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Yet it is by no means apparent that these alone have contributed to form the present surface, the south-eastern side of the field terminating in much older formation of wacke.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
The rock is very often of a gray color; hence the name, grau, being German for gray, and wacke, being a provincial miner's term.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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