单词 | solid geology |
释义 | > as lemmassolid geology solid geology n. the geological features of a given region specifically excluding superficial deposits such as clay, sand, etc.; opposed to drift. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > [noun] geology1795 structural geology1842 stratigraphy1850 petrology1870 palaeophysiography1882 tectonics1899 palaeogeology1933 palaeostructure1937 solid geology1937 morphotectonics1956 1937 J. S. Flett First 100 Years Geol. Surv. Great Brit. v. 113 Many maps of north Yorkshire were issued only with ‘Solid’ geology. 1946 L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. & Scenery iv. 30 Following the practice of the Geological Survey in some of their detailed maps, there are to be two maps—one to show the ‘solid’ geology as it would appear if superficial deposits such as boulder clay, glacial sands and gravels and clay-with-flints..were removed and the other to show the ‘drift’ geology with all those surface deposits indicated. 1970 Watsonia 8 171 A map of the ‘drift’ as well as the solid geology would have been valuable. < as lemmas |
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