What is Lutite?

[jjesik]

I have been going round and round with geologists in Peru about what exactly Lutite is. Can anyone tell me or point me into the right direction.

 

[ewh]

Have you googled it?

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp...=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=524f32e4dee1b3fc

"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - [small]Robert Hunter[/small]

 

[jjesik]

I've done a heck of a lot more than that. I'll just go to the university when I get back.

 

[emmgjld]

I am very sorry, It appears you have been trapped by localized usage. It appears the term is almost useless, except for local definition/identification.

From AGI Dictionary of Geological Terms:
Lutite, A general name for rocks composed of material that was once mud, e.g. shale, mudstone, calcilutite.

I can't do any better using my Petrology Texts.

Using the Geological Nomenclature, Royal Geological & Mining Society of the Netherlands, 1959,
Lutite, any rock composed of fine particles of silt or clay.

 

[AndyMst]

that's it. one more note: geologists used that to describe fine-grained carbonate (only) rocks

 

[jjesik]

Thanks for the help,
Take Care,
Andy

 

[dBasement]

Lutite is Luddite misspelled...it's a generic term meaning "geotechnical engineer"