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detrital, a. Physiogr.|dɪˈtraɪtəl| [f. detritus + -al1.] Of or pertaining to detritus; consisting of particles worn away from some solid body.
1832H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. (ed. 2) 249 The detrital deposits of the country. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xlviii. (1856) 455 The valleys were studded with..rocks, and a detrital paste resembling till. 1869Phillips Vesuv. vii. 173 Where atmospheric vicissitudes have produced detrital slopes. 1878Huxley Physiogr. 132 The detrital matter which is worn away from the land and carried along by rivers. |