Definition of phosphatic in English:
phosphatic
adjective fɒsˈfatɪkfɑsˈfædɪk
(chiefly of rocks and fertilizer) containing or consisting of phosphates.
Example sentencesExamples
- The dissolution of limestones in weak acid is now a standard palaeontological laboratory technique, and has been used extensively to isolate phosphatic microfossils of all types from Paleozoic carbonates.
- The basal part of the transgressive sandstone contains erosion surfaces, reworked bioclasts, phosphatic and glauconite pellets.
- The sample was taken from a thin limestone lens with phosphatic oolites within the phosphatic greensand.
- In time the combination solidifies to a phosphatic rock that, in crumbling, provides soil in which vegetation may take root.
- Nodules rich in phosphatic material are found in residual accumulations along disconformities, such as bone beds or lag deposits in marine limestones and shales.
Definition of phosphatic in US English:
phosphatic
adjectivefäsˈfadikfɑsˈfædɪk
(chiefly of rocks and fertilizer) containing or consisting of phosphates.
Example sentencesExamples
- The basal part of the transgressive sandstone contains erosion surfaces, reworked bioclasts, phosphatic and glauconite pellets.
- In time the combination solidifies to a phosphatic rock that, in crumbling, provides soil in which vegetation may take root.
- The dissolution of limestones in weak acid is now a standard palaeontological laboratory technique, and has been used extensively to isolate phosphatic microfossils of all types from Paleozoic carbonates.
- The sample was taken from a thin limestone lens with phosphatic oolites within the phosphatic greensand.
- Nodules rich in phosphatic material are found in residual accumulations along disconformities, such as bone beds or lag deposits in marine limestones and shales.