Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In geology, the local name of a subdivision of the Jurassic series, belonging in the upper portion of the so-called Great Oölite of the English geologists.
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- noun geology A
coarse calcareous sandstone in various parts of England
Etymologies
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Examples
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Whether they are to be entirely depended upon is questionable, but we may here repeat them: — Gravel and boulder clay, 10 feet; Kimeridge and Oxford clays, 350; Kellaways rock, blue clays, cornbrash, limestone, great oolite, clay and limestone, upper
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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Lower oolitic formation, including, besides the great oolite bed of central England, fullers 'earth beds, forest marble, and cornbrash;
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation Robert Chambers 1836
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These are said to have been gravel and boulder clay, Kimmeridge and Oxford clays, Kelloway’s rock, blue clay, cornbrash, limestone, great oolite, clay and limestone, upper Estuarine clay,
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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