| 单词 | carboniferous limestone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCarboniferous limestone Carboniferous limestone n. Geology an extensive series of limestone strata laid down in the British Isles during the Carboniferous period; limestone occurring in such strata. ΚΠ 1825 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 115 432 A small valley, surrounded on every side by a ridge of the carboniferous or mountain limestone, except on the S.W. 1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) i. 6 Lead is chiefly confined to the carboniferous limestone. 1902 H. J. Mackinder Britain & Brit. Seas vi. 80 The Mendip Range..is a complete upfold of carboniferous limestone. 1952 G. H. Dury Map Interpr. xiv. 155 ‘Scratch agriculture’ of this kind..is also known, for instance, from the outcrops of Carboniferous Limestone. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 126/2 Hoary rock-rose, H. canum , is plentiful in a few places on Carboniferous limestone in the north and west. < as lemmas |
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