🔤 Wackes ✨

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URDU

مٹی اور ریت پر مشتمل نرم پتھریلی چٹانیں، مٹی آمیز ریتلے پتھر
🅰️ Roman Urdu:
mitti aur rait par mushtamil naram pathriili chattanen, ghatiya darjay ke sandy pathar
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ENGLISH

📚plural noun
wackes
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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /ˈwækiz/
Phonetic: /wak eez/
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DEFINITION

plural of wacke, dark or poorly sorted sandstone containing abundant fine grained clay matrix
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The geologists sampled wackes from the exposed layers near the coast. Wackes often contain sand grains held together by fine clay matrix. The field guide distinguishes wackes from cleaner, better sorted sandstones. Researchers mapped ancient wackes deposited by underwater sediment flows. These wackes preserve evidence of rapid sediment transport.
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SYNONYMS

graywackes sandstones
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