hemipelagite

English

Noun

hemipelagite (countable and uncountable, plural hemipelagites)

  1. A type of marine sediment that consists of clay and silt-sized grains that are terrigenous and some biogenic material derived from the landmass nearest the deposits or from organisms living in the water.
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