单词 | saliferous |
例句 | He was the owner of extensive salt mines on the further side of the mountain, which contains an illimitable deposit of the saliferous substance. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z I find since that Dr Wilson states these rocks to be highly saliferous, and says the Arabs scrape them with knives to obtain saltpetre for making their rude gunpowder. Byeways in Palestine It overlies a bed of saliferous sandstone which has been worked for salt. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America The saliferous beds of New York State belong largely to the Salina period of the Upper Silurian. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S Nevertheless, we must not forget that there are dense masses of red and variegated sandstones and clays, thousands of feet in thickness, and of vast horizontal extent, wholly devoid of saliferous or gypseous matter. The Student's Elements of Geology This same conclusion must, I now believe, be extended to the superficial saliferous beds of Iquique, though they stand about three thousand feet above the level of the sea. Geological Observations on South America With the exception of these saliferous beds, most of the rocks as already remarked, present a striking general resemblance with the upper parts of the gypseous or cretaceo-oolitic formation of Chile. Geological Observations on South America |
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