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aleurite (sediment)

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Also known as siltstone

Aleurite is an unconsolidated sediment with a texture intermediately between sand and clay, similar to silt, with particle sizes ranging from .

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It sits within the topics Sedimentology and Sediments.

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sediment
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silt

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Aleurite is an unconsolidated sediment with a texture intermediately between sand and clay, similar to silt, with particle sizes ranging from .

== Etymology == The name aleurite is derived from the Greek word aleuron 'flour'.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “aleurite (sediment)” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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