nummulitic limestone

American  

noun

1. limestone composed predominantly of fossil nummulites.

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Etymology

Origin of nummulitic limestone

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

The most important feature is the great development of nummulitic limestone with thin marls and nummulitic sandstones.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

The next geological formation which is represented is the Eocene, consisting of nummulitic limestone, sandstone and schist.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

Alps, age of metamorphic rocks in. —, nummulitic limestone and flysch of.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

The enduring pyramids themselves are formed of the nummulitic limestone studded with its "Pharaoh's beans," the exuviæ of shell-fish that perished ages before the Nile had created Egypt.

From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh

The nummulitic limestone of the Swiss Alps rises to more than 10,000 feet above the level of the sea, and attains here and in other mountain chains a thickness of several thousand feet.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir