单词 | tufaceous |
释义 | tufaceousadj. Having the nature or texture of tufa; consisting of tufa. Chiefly used of non-volcanic formations: cf. tuffaceous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [adjective] > calcareous tuff tophaceous1672 tophous1756 tophic1789 tufaceous1811 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [adjective] > volcanic > volcanic tuff tufa1777 tufaceous1876 tuffaceous1882 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 518 Wallerius would perhaps have called it a tufaceous limestone. 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 142 The tufaceous deposits of petrifying wells. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) vii. 131 The tufaceous accumulations round the craters of..volcanoes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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