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Eolianite
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Eolianite
Eolianite
or
aeolianite
is any rock formed by the
lithification
of
sediment
deposited by
aeolian processes
; that is, the
wind
. In common use, however, the term refers specifically to the most common form of eolianite: coastal
limestone
consisting of
carbonate
sediment of shallow
marine
biogenic
origin, formed into
coastal dunes
by the wind, and subsequently lithified. It is also known as
kurkar
in the
Middle East
,
miliolite
in
India
and
Arabia
, and
grès dunaire
in the eastern
Mediterranean
.
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