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detritus /de·tri·tus/ (de-tri´tus) particulate matter produced by or remaining after the wearing away or disintegration of a substance or tissue.
de·tri·tus (d-trts)
n. pl. detritus
Loose matter resulting from the wearing away or disintegration of tissue or other material.
detritus [de-tri´tus]
particulate matter produced by or remaining after the wearing away or disintegration of a substance or tissue.
detritus (det´ritus),
n the fragments or scraps that cling to teeth, gingival tissues or other oral surfaces.
detritus
particulate matter produced by or remaining after the wearing away or disintegration of a substance or tissue.
detritus cysts
occur in arthritis where there is hemorrhage and necrotic bone.
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Specific topics include Silurian-bearing terranes of Alaska, the significance of detrital zircons in Upper Devonian ocean-basin strata of the Sonora allochthon and Lower Permian synorogenic strata of Mina Mexico foredeep in central Sonora, and Late Triassic mixed carbonate-volcaniclastic facies of the Olds Ferry terrane in eastern Oregon and western Idaho.
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Red colour may appear in oxidizing conditions when detrital iron oxides or clay minerals are transformed into hematite and related ferric oxides and hydrates, occurring in the form of films, matrix or pore filling.
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The bulk sampling consists of excavating pits through the laterite overburden to the conglomerate and saprolite containing detrital gold.
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