limestone Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˈlaɪm.stəʊn]
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Meaning of limestone In English

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Examples of limestone

  • Limestone fragments and a few silicified grains (chert) are present, within a calcite spar cement.

  • The margins of some of the limestone blocks are slickensided.

  • The combined effects of less erosion-resistant marly limestone and the columnar jointing of basalts caused the rapid migration of the knickpoint toward the upstream reach.

  • The landscape is flat and the geology is dominated by limestone.

  • The book is then divided into sections which cover all habitat types: coastal, freshwater, lowland rainforest and other lowland forest formations, limestone habitats and mountains.

  • The sections also contain subordinate amounts of siltstone, limestone and dolostone.

  • Apart from a relatively prominent limestone bed, the entire succession consists of shallow-water sandstones and subordinate mudstones.

  • The limestone bands weather proud in cliff exposures.

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Translations of limestone In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    石灰石, 石灰岩…

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  • 中文简体

    石灰石, 石灰岩…

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  • Español

    caliza…

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  • Português

    calcário…

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  • Français

    calcaire…

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  • Čeština

    vápenec…

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  • Dansk

    kalksten…

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  • Indonesia

    gamping…

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