单词 | red crag |
释义 | > as lemmasRed Crag Red Crag n. [ < red adj. + crag n.1 (see crag n.1 3)] Geology a deposit of red, shelly sand forming part of the Lower Pleistocene series in East Anglia. ΚΠ 1835 E. Charlesworth in London & Edinb. Philos. Mag. 7 83 The term Red Crag may be applied to those beds which constitute the upper and most extensive part of the formation. 1912 H. B. Woodward Geol. Soils & Substrata xix. 243 The Red Crag yields a light, sandy, and calcareous loamy soil. 1990 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 328 309 Sediments of typical Red Crag lithology (red–orange ferruginous, coarse–medium shelly sand) survive as occasional small remnants. < as lemmas |
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