nummulitic limestone
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nummulitic limestone
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Limestone.—Large deposits of Nummulitic limestone are found in the older Tertiary formations of North-West India.
From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir
Nummulitic limestone of Eocene age is found near St Florent, and occupies several large basins near the boundary between the granite and the schist.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
Among the cinders outside the vault were fragments of fissile sandstone, reddened by heat, which were observed to rest on a levelled surface of Nummulitic limestone and to have formed a hearth.
From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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