terrigenous
produced by the earth.
Geology. noting or pertaining to sediments on the sea bottom derived directly from the neighboring land, or to the rocks formed primarily by the consolidation of such sediments.
Origin of terrigenous
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How to use terrigenous in a sentence
The specimen brought up was a terrigenous blue mud (glacial deposit) with some radiolaria.
South! | Sir Ernest ShackletonAnd thus there are vast regions of the oceanic depressions over which no terrigenous or land-derived materials are accumulating.
Fragments of Earth Lore | James Geikie
British Dictionary definitions for terrigenous
/ (tɛˈrɪdʒɪnəs) /
of or produced by the earth
(of geological deposits) formed in the sea from material derived from the land by erosion
Origin of terrigenous
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for terrigenous
[ tĕ-rĭj′ə-nəs ]
Derived from the land, especially by erosive action. Used primarily of shallow marine sediments.
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