Definition of "detrital"

detrital

/diˈtɹaɪtəl/

adjective
comparative more detrital, superlative most detrital
1. (geology) Consisting of, or pertaining to, geological detritus.
  Quotations
  The light-chestnut soils are much more detrital than the chestnut varieties — not only at the surface but throughout the soil strata, except on sandy tracts.
  1964, N.D. Bespalov, Soils of Outer Mongolia‎, page 172