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- noun Plural form of
siltstone .
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For example, sycamore (Platanus occidentalis L.), green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica L.), and red maple (Acer rubrum L.) are more tolerant of sites that are compacted, poorly drained, or have minesoils primarily derived from siltstones or shales.
Offsetting carbon dioxide emissions through minesoil reclamation 2009
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The Triassic Basins of the Carolinas occur in four narrow bands and have unusual Piedmont geology of unmetamorphosed shales, sandstones, mudstones, siltstones, and conglomerates.
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The spectacular White River Badlands formed through the erosion of the soft Brule and Chadron clays and siltstones.
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To the south and east this is replaced by Jurassic calcareous and micaceous siltstones and sandstones.
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The Cumberland Mountains, in contrast to the sandstone-dominated Cumberland Plateau (68a) to the west and southwest, are more highly dissected, with narrowcrested steep slopes, and younger Pennsylvanian-age shales, sandstones, siltstones, and coal.
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It occurs as a gentle line of hills in the north-west of the park, consisting of clay-shales in the valleys and siltstones and quartzite sandstone on the scarps.
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The Pliocene-age to Eocene-age geology contains a variety of siltstones, sandstones, and calcareous and acidic clays.
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Ecoregion 72h is underlain by Pennsylvanian sandstones, siltstones, shales, and coal of the Tradewater and Caseyville formations and Mississippian Chesterian limestones, sandstones, siltstones, and shales.
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The underlying rocks are a complex mix of sandstones, siltstones, schist, and ultramafic rocks, some 280 million years old.
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The higher elevations of the Andamans often contain serpentine and gabbro formations, and at lower elevations Eocene sediments (sandstones, shales, and siltstones) with ultrabasic igneous intrusions predominate.
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