ferricreten.
/ˈfɛrɪkriːt/, U.S. /ˈfɛrɪˌkrit/ Geology.
A hardened soil or duricrust consisting of fragmentary rock or mineral matter cemented by iron compounds, esp. ferric oxide. Frequently attributive.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > composite rock > [noun] > breccia > specific
bone breccia1829
fault breccia1891
ferricrete1902
microbreccia1926
suevite1936
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > mineral soil > others
alum earth1612
cabook1834
laterite1893
ferricrete1902
murram1912
opal dirt1925
allite1930
Oxisol1960
1902 G. W. Lamplugh in Geol. Mag. 9 575 I have the hardihood to suggest..‘ferricrete’ when the binding substance is an iron-oxide.
1923 Jrnl. Egyptian Archaeol. 9 35 The more southerly [cemetery] is on a dome-shaped hill of sandstone covered with black ferricrete.
1959 J. D. Clark Prehist. Southern Afr. ii. 45 The tools of those times are found in calcretes and ferricretes.
1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 554 Ferruginous sandstone tends to develop a very remarkable ferricrete induration along its normal joint planes.
2008 Human Ecol. 36 795/1 Annual grasses found on Ferricrete outcrops are burned at the onset of the dry season.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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