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Under clastic formations, we have included both unconsolidated and consolidated sediments. Unconsolidated sediments include various admixtures of boulder, sand, silt and clay deposits. These on consolidation form clastic sedimentary rocks, e.g. sandstone, siltstone and shale.
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Singhal, B.B.S., Gupta, R.P. (2010). Hydrogeology of Clastic Formations. In: Applied Hydrogeology of Fractured Rocks. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8799-7_16
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