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- adjective Not
calcareous .
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Ecoregion 35a is underlain by Cretaceous sandy, clayey, or gravelly deposits that are often calcareous; it is lithologically distinct from the Tertiary noncalcareous deposits of Ecoregion 35a, the Quaternary alluvium of Ecoregions 35b, 35g, and 73, and the chalks and marls of Ecoregion 35h.
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This eucalypt grows best on deep, moist, free-draining, medium-to-heavy soils derived from noncalcareous rock.
Chapter 5 1983
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Clays can be divided into calcareous clays (containing 15\% Calcium Carbonate, which gives yellow color when burnt) or noncalcareous clays (containing silicate of alumina, feldspar, and iron oxide) - Iron oxide gives buff, red or salmon color, when burnt Molding of Brick: The raw material is dug from pits, crushed, ground, and screened to reduce it to a fine constituency
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Clays can be divided into calcareous clays (containing 15\% Calcium Carbonate, which gives yellow color when burnt) or noncalcareous clays (containing silicate of alumina, feldspar, and iron oxide) - Iron oxide gives buff, red or salmon color, when burnt Molding of Brick: The raw material is dug from pits, crushed, ground, and screened to reduce it to a fine constituency
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This circumftance is not introduced, here* as an evidence againft the cultivation of clover; which, on a noncalcareous foil, is by much the moft valuable leaf herbage agriculture is at prefent acquainted with; but to put thofe, who have frefh ground in their poffeffion, on their guard, in its cul - tivation •
The Rural Economy of the Midland Counties: Including the Management of ... William 1796
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