detritus

1. (countable, usually)Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.

   Detritus, Geröll, Gesteinschutt

   детри́тdetrít

2. (uncountable, usually)Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.

   Verwitterungsmaterial, Mulm, Detritus

   детри́тdetrít

3. (broadly, uncountable, usually)Any debris or fragments of disintegrated material.

   Überrest, Trümmer, Detritus

   обломкиoblomki, осколкиoskolki

   loose material (stone fragments and silt etc.) that is worn away from rocks

4. (uncountable, usually)Rock consisting of accumulated debris from decayed rocks, like sand, that often is joined by cement.

1. The garnets in the detritus are accompanied by zircon, spinel, corundum, cyanite, tourmaline, olivine, etc.

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