Polymict

Polymictic conglomerate, clast-based . Permian Woodton Formation, New South Wales , Australia

As polymict (from ancient Greek polys (πολύς), much, multiple, diverse, and miktos (μικτός), mixed) or polygenic (from ancient Greek polyς (πολύς), many, multiple, diverse, and genos (γένος) origin) referred to In petrology, sedimentary rocks are made up of chemical elements , minerals or rock fragments from different parent rocks . The antonym is monomict .

Web links

• Polymict . In: Meyers. 6th edition. Vol. 16, p. 127

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dieter Richter : Allgemeine Geologie , De Gruyter, 1992, p. 314 Online
2. ^ Walter Del-Negro : Abriß der Geologie von Österreich, Geolog. Bundesanst., 1977, p. 137 online
3. ^ Hans Murawski , Wilhelm Meyer : Geological Dictionary , Spectrum Academic Publishing House, 2010, p. 130 Online
4. ↑ Dieter Richter: Allgemeine Geologie , De Gruyter, 1992, p. 118 online