Definition of "terrigenous" []

• Derived from the land, especially by erosive action. Used primarily of sediments. (adjective)

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• "Modern terrigenous organic carbon input to the Arctic Ocean."
• "Extensive transitional landforms comprise an extremely complex intercalation of limestone massifs and terrigenous terrain with a diversity of rock types."
• "The scarcity of these fossils is most likely due to the high rate of deposition of terrigenous sediment that would have clouded the waters where these fossils attempted to survive."