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词汇 Corallian
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Definition of Corallian in English:

Corallian

adjective & nounkɒˈralɪən
  • another term for Oxfordian (sense 1 of the adjective,
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The presence over much of the Corallian plateau of a tenacious clay means, in the majority of cases, the blocking of incipient solution pipes.
    • Woodland cover tends to be most extensive along the Corallian Limestone ridge in Oxfordshire while, in contrast, the Portland Limestone hills of Buckinghamshire have few large woods.
    • Originally it had a more natural boundary to the north formed by the Upware Ridge (Corallian Limestone), but a strip between the Ridge and the Fen was reclaimed in the 19th century.
    • They are underlain by 10-20 metres of Kimmeridge Clay resting on the Coral Rag sub-division of the Corallian.
    • Around Cumnor Hurst, a landmark on the ridge cherished by the poet Matthew Arnold, the Corallian limestones are topped by lower Greensand and Kimmeridge Clay.
    • Just west of Osmington Mills, heading towards Bowleaze Cove, excellent exposed beds of the Corallian Beds can be clearly seen.
    • These sandstones represent the youngest of the Corallian sequences identified in this study.
    • In the revised lithostratigraphy, the Nothe and Ringstead Formations are eliminated, and the Corallian strata are contained within revised Redcliff, Osmington Oolite, Clavellata and Sandsfoot Formations.
    • This case study concentrates on the most common elements of six Corallian associations.
    • Overlying the Corallian are the marine mudstones and thin limestones of the Kimmeridge Clay, which underlies the Vale of Pickering.
    • The oil was produced from the Lias, migrated upward to the Corallian, which could act as a reservoir because it had the Kimmeridgian, to act as a seal, above it.
    • It stretches the width of the Corallian ridge from Bradenstoke to the edge of Catcomb Wood.
    • The soil is loam and clay on a subsoil of Kimmeridge Clay and Corallian.

Origin

From Latin corallium 'coral' (with reference to the coral-derived limestone deposits) + -an.

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