limestone bedrock

collocation in English

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limestone
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlaɪm.stəʊn/us
/ˈlaɪm.stoʊn/
a white or light grey rock that is used as a building material and in the making ...
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bedrock
noun
uk
/ˈbed.rɒk/us
/ˈbed.rɑːk/
the hard area of rock in the ground that holds up the loose ...
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(Definition oflimestoneandbedrockfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It supports a community of limestone glades and woodlands overlimestonebedrock, and much of the landscape is rocky and rugged.
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The magazine was constructed on scree breccia, with underlyinglimestonebedrock.
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The cave is located in an area of karst topography, including sinkholes, springs, andlimestonebedrock.
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Karst geological processes shaped the landscape of layers of soluble carbonate rock of extensivelimestonebedrockformed in an ancient seabed.
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It occurs in an oxidized vein inlimestonebedrockwith galena, ashoverite, wlfingite, anglesite, cerussite, hydrocerussite, litharge, fluorite, palygorskite and calcite.
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The fen is fed by artesian springs from an aquifer in the region'slimestonebedrock; this fosters the development of numerous rare and unusual plants.
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The foundation consists of 260 24 in diameter concrete caissons that extend down tolimestonebedrockat a depth of.
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There is a swath oflimestonebedrocknear the reserve.
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The surrounding terrain is developed onlimestonebedrockand exhibits karst topography due to dissolution of the limestone by ground water, creating water-filled sinkholes.
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Fast moving streams and rivers cutting into thelimestonebedrockand in places creating caverns and sinkholes.
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The escarpment's glacial soils are made up of gravel, sand and clay overlimestonebedrock.
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Cedar glades occur wherelimestonebedrockoccurs near or at the surface.
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Their winter dens are subterranean caverns formed by the area's water-wornlimestonebedrock.
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Most of the limited supply of topsoil was created from glacial grinding of thelimestonebedrock, which action created the nearly flat alvar formation.
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They are planted in a variety of complex soils, but all lie atoplimestonebedrockat various layers, gifting the limestone subsoil.
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The canals were cut out of solidlimestonebedrockto a depth of 20 m with wells approximately every 100 m.
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It is the world's largest single exposure oflimestonebedrock, and occupies an area of about 200000km2 sqmi.
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The aquifer lies close to the surface and is extremely vulnerable to pollutants that leach through the shallowlimestonebedrock.
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This eventually hardened into thelimestonebedrock, which can be seen in the caverns today.
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