wacke

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Another name for a lithic wacke is greywacke.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The quartz arenite and arkose have relatively little silt-clay matrix, while the lithic wacke has abundant matrix.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The terms quartz wacke, lithic wacke, and feldspathic wacke are used.

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The basis of these lower lavas is rather wacke than basalt; when it is spongy, it resembles the amygdaloids* of Frankfort-on-the-Main.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina

Some considerable masses of wacke, which are associated with these basaltic strata, and which likewise occur in the basal series on the coast, especially at Quail Island, are curious.

From Volcanic Islands by Darwin, Charles