(of deposits, esp limestones) derived from shell fragments or similar organic remains
Examples of 'bioclastic' in a sentence
bioclastic
Seabed types also include bedrock and bioclastic sediments from degrading cold-water coral reefs.
Valérie K. Bellec, Reidulv Bøe, Leif Rise, Aave Lepland, Terje Thorsnes, Lilja RúnBjarnadóttir 2017, 'Seabed sediments (grain size) of Nordland VI, offshore north Norway', Journal of Mapshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2017.1348307. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These microfacies have been deposited in 2 facies belt including a vast lagoon and local bioclastic shoal.
Alireza Shakeri, Somayeh Parham 2014, 'MICROFACIES, DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT, AND DIAGENETIC PROCESSES OF THE MAUDDUD MEMBER,IN THE PERSIAN GULF', Journal of Petroleum Science and Technologyhttp://jpst.ripi.ir/article_396_72cca4630de461bc9f717cf1d0bb422f.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Bioclastic sand bars with brachiopods and crinoids at the base are followed by huge fusulinid packages.
MAURIZIO GAETANI, LUCIA ANGIOLINI, EDUARDO GARZANTI, FLAVIO JADOUL, ERNST YA. LEVEN,ALDA NICORA, DARIO SCIUNNACH 2017, 'PERMIAN STRATIGRAPHY IN THE NORTHERN KARAKORUM, PAKISTAN', Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafiahttps://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/8571. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Autocyclic processes such as lateral migration of ooid and bioclastic shoals added to the sedimentary record.
André Strasser, Bernard Pittet, Wolfgang Hug 2015, 'Palaeogeography of a shallow carbonate platform: The case of the Middle to Late Oxfordianin the Swiss Jura Mountains', Journal of Palaeogeographyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095383615000061. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the studied profiles the coral and algae limestones are interlayered with bioclastic limestones with foraminifera.
Ioana Prica 2001, 'Coralgal facies of the Upper Eocene-Lower Oligocene limestones in Letca-Rastoci area',Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai: Geologiahttp://scholarcommons.usf.edu/geologia/vol46/iss2/art4/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)