Bilingual glossary of geology

Biochemical (Sedimentary Rock) Biochimique (roche sédimentaire)

Rock constituted of sediment precipitated organically (biologically mediated) from solution (e.g.: fossiliferous limestone). Usually form near their place of deposition.

Themes:
  Sedimentary rocks

Related words:
  Chemical (Sedimentary Rock)
  Clastic (syn.: Detrital) (Sedimentary Rock)