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All the samples examined in this work contained detrital clays in different proportions, resulting ultimately frombasementrockalteration.
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Gold anomalies associated with reddenedbasementrockmust be of this age or younger.
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All of the landfill, down to thebasementrock, was taken away, and clean earth was brought to replace it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are characteristically composed of ancient crystallinebasementrock, which may be covered by younger sedimentary rock.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The asteroid hitbasementrockand shattered it up to 1.3km mi deep.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The gold deposits are associated with bothbasementrockand fluvial deposits.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The bolide impacted at a speed of many kilometers per second, punching a deep hole through the sediments and into the granite continentalbasementrock.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The sides of the blocks are composed of undivided material thought to bebasementrock.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hardbasementrockmay reflect shock waves of the explosion, also possibly causing structural weakening and venting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Basementrockis too infertile to be farmed, but provides sporadic forest cover that can be grazed by animals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The massive compressional forces involved in such a collision cause thebasementrockand all of the units above it to deform.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The falls are 120 feet (36 meters) in height and tumble overbasementrockof granite.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This type of erosion causes loss of productive soil capacity, exposure ofbasementrock, and generation of landslides and mudslides.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The plateau consists of thick sandstone formations which overlie graniticbasementrock.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Cratons can be described as shields, in which thebasementrockcrops out at the surface, and platforms, in which the basement is overlaid by sediments and sedimentary rock.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A bedrock resource of almost 20 million ounces was identified and expansion of the facility to allow mining and processing ofbasementrockwas approved in 2002.
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