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シルト岩 (シルトがん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

シルト岩がん

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Meanings

1

noun

siltstone

A fine-grained sedimentary rock composed mainly of silt-sized particles.

この地ち域いきの地ち層そうにはシルト岩がんが多おおく見みられる。
Siltstone is commonly found in the strata of this region.

Kanji

岩boulder, rock, cliff

Similar words

砂さ岩がん
砂岩 is sandstone, composed of sand-sized grains, coarser than siltstone.
泥でい岩がん
泥岩 is mudstone, a broader term for fine-grained sedimentary rocks that includes siltstone and claystone.

Etymology

Compound of シルト (silt, from English) and 岩 (rock).