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What (who) is calcareous sediments - definition
AN ADJECTIVE MEANING MOSTLY OR PARTLY COMPOSED OF CALCIUM CARBONATE
Calcareous soil; Calcareous rock; Calcareous deposit; Calcareous ooze; Lime soil; Calcareous rocks; Calcareous soils
![Calcareous [[sandstone]] in [[Seven Sisters Country Park]], England](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Calcareous Soil Profile, Seven Sisters Country Park - geograph.org.uk - 1280181.jpg?width=200 "Calcareous [[sandstone]] in [[Seven Sisters Country Park]], England")
![Calcareous mine in [[Perm Krai]], [[Russia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Calcareous open-cast mine in Gornozavodsk.jpg?width=200 "Calcareous mine in [[Perm Krai]], [[Russia]]")
Cyclic sediments
![Top of a metric regressive cycle with [[desiccation]]s, surface of bed dolomitised. Middle liassic of the High Atlas, Morocco.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Desiccation Rnim.jpg?width=200 "Top of a metric regressive cycle with [[desiccation]]s, surface of bed dolomitised. Middle liassic of the High Atlas, Morocco.")
SEQUENCES OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS THAT ARE CHARACTERISED BY REPETITIVE PATTERNS OF DIFFERENT ROCK TYPES (STRATA) OR FACIES WITHIN THE SEQUENCE
Cyclic sedimentation; Cyclic sediment; Rhythmic sediment; Rhythmic sediments; Depositional cycle
Cyclic sediments (also called rhythmic sediments) are sequences of sedimentary rocks that are characterised by repetitive patterns of different rock types (strata) or facies within the sequence. Processes that generate sedimentary cyclicity can be either autocyclic or allocyclic, and can result in piles of sedimentary cycles hundreds or even thousands of metres thick.
calcareous
[kal'k?:r??s]
¦ adjective
1. containing calcium carbonate; chalky.
2. Ecology (of vegetation) occurring on chalk or limestone.
Origin
C17: from L. calcarius (from calx, calc- 'lime') + -eous.
Calcareous
Calcareous () is an adjective meaning "mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate", in other words, containing lime or being chalky. The term is used in a wide variety of scientific disciplines.
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Calcareous
Calcareous () is an adjective meaning "mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate", in other words, containing lime or being chalky. The term is used in a wide variety of scientific disciplines.
