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calcrete
calcrete (ˈkælkriːt) Also calcicrete. [f. L. calc(i)- lime, calx + concrete n.] A breccia or conglomerate formed by the cementation of rock debris, etc., by calcareous material.1902 Irish Naturalist Oct. 231 Over the Boulder-clay and the calcrete is a bed of limestone sand and gravel. 1903 Geol. Mag... Oxford English Dictionary
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The Pinnacles (Western Australia)
Subsequent wind erosion of the aeolianite then exposed the calcrete pillars. This calcium accumulates at high concentrations around the roots and over time is converted into a calcrete. wikipedia.org
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ferricrete
ferricrete Geol. (ˈfɛrɪkriːt) [f. ferri- + concrete n., after calcrete.] Any breccia, conglomerate, or soil zone consisting of soil or other fragmentary material cemented by iron compounds.1902 G. W. Lamplugh in Geol. Mag. 4th Ser. IX. 575, I have the hardihood to suggest..‘ferricrete’ when the bind... Oxford English Dictionary
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Kankar
alluvial plains and can occur as discontinuous lines of nodular kankar or as indurated layers in stratigraphic profiles more commonly referred to as calcrete wikipedia.org
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calcicrete
calcicrete (ˈkælsɪkriːt) see calcrete. Oxford English Dictionary
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Acacia intorta
bulk of the population found between Meekatharra and Newman where it is found on stony ridges, shape slopes and saline drainage floors where it grows in calcrete wikipedia.org
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Ysgyryd Fach
Thin beds of calcrete, a thin limestone of terrestrial origin, occur on the hill; its very summit consists of sandstone from the Senni Formation (formerly wikipedia.org
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Challenger mine
It was found by using the relatively new (at that time) method of sampling calcrete (calcium carbonate laterite). The top of the orebody was beneath less than metre of transported cover and calcrete. wikipedia.org
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Tetragonia coronata
Often found among calcrete outcrops it has a scattered distribution throughout the Gascoyne region of Western Australia where it grows in clay loam soils wikipedia.org
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Uniab River
The river trickles over a waterfall into a narrow gorge through bright reddish-pink sandstone and yellow calcrete formations. wikipedia.org
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Pteronia glauca
Its natural habitat is renosterveld and succulent karoo vegetation, often growing in loamy soils or arid flood plains, with underlying calcrete. wikipedia.org
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Pteronia pallens
It usually grows on lower slopes on silt or sand that is often calciferous (often overlying calcrete). wikipedia.org
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Bishop's Frome Limestone
This limestone is a calcrete, that is to say it originated as a soil during a break in deposition rather than being an original marine deposit. wikipedia.org
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Mynydd Llangorse
A thin calcrete known as the Ffynnon Limestone occurs at the junction of the two formations in some places. The calcrete and the sandstone have been quarried in various places over the years. wikipedia.org
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Lydney Cliff
The section includes calcrete profiles and a complex sand-body. The sandstone has fish fragments. The site has contributed significantly to the geological record (for calcrete soils). wikipedia.org
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