- saprolitic
- sap·ro·lit·ic
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saprolitic
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saprolitic — adjective see saprolite … Useful english dictionary
saprolite — saprolitic /sap reuh lit ik/, adj. /sap reuh luyt /, n. Petrog. soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place. [1890 95; SAPRO + LITE] * * * … Universalium
Saprolite — A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; beneath C is bedrock Saprolite is a chemically weathered rock. Saprolites form in the lower zones of soil profiles and represent deep… … Wikipedia
Kahoolawe — The Target Isle Landsat satellite image of Kahoolawe … Wikipedia
Arakaka — is a community in the Barima Waini region of Guyana, standing on the Barima River and 12 miles southerly of Port Kaituma, at an altitude of 63 metres (209 feet). It is the centre of the gold bearing district, featuring lateritic saprolitic… … Wikipedia
continental landform — ▪ geology Introduction any conspicuous topographic feature on the largest land areas of the Earth. Familiar examples are mountains (including volcanic (volcanism) cones), plateaus, and valleys. (The term landform also can be applied to… … Universalium
No-analog (ecology) — No analog (variants may omit the hyphen and/or use the British English analogue), or alternately novel, climactic conditions ( no analog climates ) or biological communities ( no analog communities ) in paleoecology and ecological forecasting are … Wikipedia
saprolite — [sap′rə līt΄] n. [ SAPRO + LITE] Geol. completely decomposed rock lying in its original site saprolitic [sap΄rəlit′ik] adj … English World dictionary
