Detritus, applied in Geology to accumulations formed by the disintegration of rocks, may consist of angular and subangular debris, or of more or less water-worn materials, such as gravel, sand, or clay, or an admixture of these. See PLEISTOCENE.
Detritus
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 777
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