Pisolitic limestone
Esquema
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Descripción
A coarse-grained limestone composed mainly of cemented pisoliths, which are pea-sized accretionary bodies, often formed of calcium carbonate, that may have been produced by a biochemical algal-encrustation process; pisoliths are larger and less regular in form than oöliths.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- 豆狀石灰岩 [zh]
- pisoliet kalksteen [nl]
- caliza pisolítica [es]
- dòu zhuàng shí huī yán [zh]
- dou zhuang shi hui yan [zh]
- tou chuang shih hui yan [zh]
- limestone, pisolitic [en]
- pisolite [en]
- 豆狀灰岩 [zh]