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- adjective Of or pertaining to a
metasediment
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Examples
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The Southern Crystalline Ridges and Mountains occur primarily on Precambrian-age igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks, in contrast to the sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks of 66e and 66g.
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The Kings Mountain ecoregion is a hilly, somewhat rugged area with some northeast - to southwest-trending ridges and distinctive metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks.
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Some areas near this boundary have metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks similar to 45c.
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The mineral-rich metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks with slatey cleavage are finer-grained and less metamorphosed than most Piedmont regions.
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The boundary between Ecoregion 66e and the Southern Igneous Ridges and Mountains (66d) is shown in Figure 1; it follows the contact between igneous-metamorphic and sedimentary-metasedimentary rocks.
Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008
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Erosion resistant sedimentary and metasedimentary rock of Cambrian age underlies Ecoregion 66b.
Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008
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The mineral-rich metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks with slatey cleavage are finer-grained and less metamorphosed than most Piedmont regions.
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The boundary between ecoregion 66d and the Southern Sedimentary Ridges (66e) is shown in Figure 1; it follows the contact between igneous-metamorphic and sedimentary-metasedimentary rocks.
Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008
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The Blue Ridge Mountains (66) are underlain by resistant and deformed metavolcanic, igneous, sedimentary, and metasedimentary rock.
Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008
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Cambrian sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks, including sandstone and quartzite of the Chilowee Group, underlie Ecoregion 66e.
Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008
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