Examples of 'outcrop' in a sentence
Meaning of "outcrop"
Outcrop (noun) - a visible exposure of rock that is part of a larger rock formation. Example: The geologists studied the outcrop to understand the rock layers
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- A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.
- A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.
- The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.
- To come out to the surface of the ground.
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To the rocky outcrop over the river.
A dozen of them may inhabit one outcrop.
Caille is built on a rocky outcrop in a glacial peneplain.
Cram onto this one small outcrop.
It is situated on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river.
The summit consists of a large rocky outcrop.
This rocky outcrop was a sacred altar.
The basement of this sequence does not outcrop.
In the sandstone outcrop there are caves.
The existing tower is located on a rocky outcrop.
It is a natural outcrop flecked with quartz.
It blocked all access to the rocky outcrop.
Patches of rhyolite outcrop lower down the slope.
Outcrop of the saprolite of a granite in a quarry.
View of the eudialyte outcrop years ago.
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From outcrop and from microscope.
But the quartz outcrop we found.
It was an outcrop of developers trying to reclaim open source principles.
The magnetic anomalies are explained by an outcrop of magnetic gabbro.
There is an outcrop of nearly solid gold.
The reef that we are studying primarily is a coral outcrop.
Which is the rocky outcrop on which christians believe.
The town stands atop one enormous outcrop.
A rocky outcrop that reminded us of a lion.
Finally find it on the landscape or in an outcrop like this.
Directly below the outcrop are the traces of a medieval settlement.
There are a number of shelters in amongst this large outcrop.
In the distance is another outcrop with a city built on top.
The edifice is on the western end of a rocky outcrop.
It is the westernmost rock outcrop in this part of the range.
Rolling alluvium with limestone outcrop.
It is an outcrop of shale and mudstone.
We are right above the first outcrop.
Cardet occupied a rocky outcrop at the entrance to the valley.
The reference site is a granite outcrop.
An outcrop of hard sandstone is lodged between two layers of shale.
Direct observations of ice scours in outcrop are very rare.
It is a layered rock outcrop that puzzles and excites scientists.
As the above they are carved directly on a granite outcrop.
The outcrop aligned in an eastern direction extended in to the town.
It has greater biodiversity and important areas of outcrop.
The outcrop is in a small area south of the principal mines.
Also this interrupts the outcrop we had on the coast.
That outcrop in the distance is just is out of this world.
If you had an outcrop of rocks ca.
The tomb is carved into the face of a rocky outcrop.
And this outcrop is unique.
Chris had a loop of umbilical wrapped around this outcrop.
This rocky outcrop is famous for the big fishes.
Jesus would have been crucified on an outcrop of rock somewhere here.
