Question

This material contained the first-discovered piscivorous theropod, Baryonyx, at a "Smokejack" site in the Low Weald. It's not a metal, but this material is both abundant in the B horizon and leached, alongside organic matter, out of the E horizon. (20[1]0[1])This material consists of hydrous aluminum phyllosilicates, (20[1]0[1])which form when (20[1])feldspars weather via hydrolysis. (20[1])This non-sand material has a "quick" type (20[1]0[2])and appears atop (0[1])a (0[3])(*) "texture (0[1])triangle." (0[5])Minerals (0[1])that (10[1])make up this material, (0[2])like smectite (10[1]0[3])and kaolinite, (10[1])are the main components of (10[1])shale. (10[2]0[1])This material (10[1])consists of two-micrometer (0[1])grains, making (0[1])it finer than silt. (10[1]0[1])For 10 points, name (10[1])this high-plasticity (10[1]0[1])soil component that hardens at high (10[1])temperatures. (10[2]0[1])■END■ (10[17]0[4])

ANSWER: clay [accept quick clay or clay minerals]
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