residual clay
1residual clay — Clay or sandy clay remaining on a rock surface after removal of calcium carbonate by solution. Compare terra rossa [10] …
2residual clay — noun the soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved • Syn: ↑residual soil • Hypernyms: ↑soil, ↑dirt …
3residual soil — noun the soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved • Syn: ↑residual clay • Hypernyms: ↑soil, ↑dirt * * * noun : soil formed in situ by rock decay and left as a residue after the leaching out of the more soluble… …
4Clay — For other uses, see Clay (disambiguation). The Gay Head cliffs in Martha s Vineyard consist almost entirely of clay. Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic… …
5clay mineral — any of a group of hydrous aluminum silicate minerals, as kaolinite, illite, and montmorillonite, that constitute the major portion of most clays. [1945 50] * * * Any of a group of important hydrous aluminum silicates with a layered structure and… …
6Clay-with-Flints — In geology, Clay with Flints was the name given by W. Whitaker in 1861 to a peculiar deposit of stiff red, brown or yellow clay containing unworn whole flints as well as angular shattered fragments, also with a variable admixture of rounded flint …
7red clay — noun clay whose redness results from iron oxide (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑clay, ↑mineral * * * noun 1. : clay that usually owes its reddish color to oxide of iron 2. : a slowly accumulating abysmal deposit covering some 55,000,000 square miles of… …
8re|sid´u|al|ly — re|sid|u|al «rih ZIHJ u uhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of or forming a residue; remaining; left over: »Residual fuel oil is the thick, heavy oil left over after refining crude oil. 2. left after subtraction. 3. Geology. resulting from the… …
9re|sid|u|al — «rih ZIHJ u uhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of or forming a residue; remaining; left over: »Residual fuel oil is the thick, heavy oil left over after refining crude oil. 2. left after subtraction. 3. Geology. resulting from the weathering of rock …
10cryptokarst — A karst term used to describe (a) the result of subsurface removal of limestone taking place beneath permeable loess resulting in a loss of limestone and subsequent slow subsidence of the loess without noticeable surface expression, (b) the… …
