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It is shown that the definition of a sedimentary rock that has been given by the classical lithologists L.V. Pustovalov, M.S. Shvetsov, L.B. Rukhin, and U.H. Twonhozhel, among others, does not conform to the modern understanding of the sedimentary process, which covers not only the surface of the planet, but also the Earth’s deep interior with high thermodynamic indices (a pressure of up to 8100 kgf/cm and a temperature of up to 800–900°C).
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Original Russian Text © V.N. Kholodov, 2015, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Geologiya, 2015, No. 4, pp. 86–89.
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Kholodov, V.N. Clarifying the definition of a sedimentary rock and the thermodynamic environment in the lower stratisphere. Moscow Univ. Geol. Bull. 70, 350–353 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0145875215040043
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