nummulitic limestone
noun
limestone composed predominantly of fossil nummulites.
Origin of nummulitic limestone
1First recorded in 1825–35
Words Nearby nummulitic limestone
- numismatics
- numismatist
- nummary
- nummular
- nummulite
- nummulitic limestone
- numnah
- numpty
- numskull
- nun
- nunatak
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How to use nummulitic limestone in a sentence
The most important feature is the great development of nummulitic limestone with thin marls and nummulitic sandstones.
Besides being a widespread formation the nummulitic limestone is locally several thousand feet thick.
In the Eocene, however, we shall discover one very instructive case in the great nummulitic limestone.
The Story of the Earth and Man | J. W. DawsonThe stones of which some of the Egyptian pyramids are built consist of such nummulitic limestone.
The History of Creation, Vol. II (of 2) | Ernst HaeckelThe next geological formation which is represented is the Eocene, consisting of nummulitic limestone, sandstone and schist.
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