siltstones in English

noun
1
fine-grained sedimentary rock consisting of consolidated silt.
Reddish-brown siltstone and fine-grained sandstone of the Organ Rock Tongue form the lower slopes of the hill and part of the nearly vertical wall above the lower slopes.

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1. The Argillaceous rocks (lutites) include shales, argillites, siltstones, and mudstones

2. The formation has pebbly sandstones, arkosic sandstones and siltstones, and intercalated thin Arenaceous …

3. The lower (younger?) thrust emplaces Precambrian basalts and tuffaceous siltstones (Coldbrook Group) over alluvial sediments of the Boss Point and Tynemouth Creek formations (Westphalian A–B).

4. Earlier exploration consisted of prospecting, geochemical and induced potential surveys and trenching, and unearthed outcrop and boulder occurrences of ankerite veins in altered Horton Group siltstones.