saliferous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of saliferous
Example Sentences
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Nevertheless, we must not forget that there are dense masses of red and variegated sandstones and clays, thousands of feet in thickness, and of vast horizontal extent, wholly devoid of saliferous or gypseous matter.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
With the exception of these saliferous beds, most of the rocks as already remarked, present a striking general resemblance with the upper parts of the gypseous or cretaceo-oolitic formation of Chile.
From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin
This same conclusion must, I now believe, be extended to the superficial saliferous beds of Iquique, though they stand about three thousand feet above the level of the sea.
From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin
It overlies a bed of saliferous sandstone which has been worked for salt.
From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by James Orton
I find since that Dr Wilson states these rocks to be highly saliferous, and says the Arabs scrape them with knives to obtain saltpetre for making their rude gunpowder.
From Byeways in Palestine by James Finn
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