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saliferous, a.|səˈlɪfərəs|
[f. L. sal, sali- salt + -ferous, perh. after F. salifère. (Cf. Kirwan's saliniferous.)]
Containing a large proportion of salt: said chiefly of strata.
Formerly used Geol. to define the Upper Trias.
1828–32Webster (citing Eaton.) 1833Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 332 A saliferous red marl. 1833–4J. Phillips Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VI. 612/2 Saliferous System of Europe. 1846McCulloch Acc. Brit. Empire I. 65 The name saliferous has sometimes been given to this group [sc. the new red sandstone series]. 1847H. Miller First Impr. x. 181 The saliferous district of Cordova. 1879G. Gladstone in Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 315/1 The water in percolating through the saliferous strata will dissolve out the salt. |