fragmental
IPA: frˈægmʌntʌɫ
noun
- (geology) A fragmentary rock.
adjective
- (geology) consisting of fragments
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Examples of "fragmental" in Sentences
- Her fragmental ideas were swept tidily away by his answer.
- Deimos has a smooth surface due to a blanket of fragmental rock or regolith, except for the most recent impact craters.
- The barranca is 2000 feet deep and is cut in layers of resistant basaltic lava flows and softer explosive fragmental material.
- According to field evidence, volcanic activity occurred along the Zapopan fault zone in the north, forming La Higuera, El Mexico and La Campana volcanoes, thus filling the Santiago-Verde channel with thick lava flows interbedded with explosive fragmental material.
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