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What does mudrock mean?

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Noun
  1. (geology) Any of various fine-grained siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.
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Carbonaceous shale, including oil shale, occurs in beds of clayey to silty mudrock from 0.3 to 3 m thick.
This distribution defines an antithetic relationship between breccia facies in the red mudrock sequences and stratiform mineralization.
The TGRA has an unsteady tectonic structure, where geological hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, and mudrock flows frequently occur.
In response to burial in sedimentary basins, clay minerals in mudrock lithologies, including mudstone, shale and slate, undergo diagenetic and low-grade metamorphic reactions.
In this interpretation, the Basic Complex consists of basalts, pillowed in places, and derived volcaniclastic rock together with background mudrock.
The Cretaceous Winton and Mackunda Formations are composed of interbedded mudrock, sandstone, coal and carbon-bearing mudrock.

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