Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of or containing a mixture of chalk or lime and clay: as, a calcareo-argillaceous soil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word calcareo-argillaceous.
Examples
-
This change in the vegetation marks the commencement of the grand calcareo-argillaceous deposit, which forms the wide extent of the Pampas, and covers the granitic rocks of Banda Oriental.
-
This change in the vegetation marks the commencement of the grand calcareo-argillaceous deposit, which forms the wide extent of the Pampas, and covers the granitic rocks of Banda Oriental.
-
This change in the vegetation marks the commencement of the grand calcareo-argillaceous deposit, which forms the wide extent of the Pampas, and covers the granitic rocks of Banda Oriental.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845
-
Over the lower bed of conglomerate, which here, as on the east coast, is of great thickness, we find a bed of gray stratified clay, containing a few calcareo-argillaceous nodules.
-
ON THE TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY the upper part of which are occasional strata of a calcareo-argillaceous shale, abound - ing in fossils, among which the commonest are Area grandis and JPleurotoma virgo.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.