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Definition of Calcrete
1. Noun. A sedimentary rock, a hardened deposit of calcium carbonate, capable of cementing together with other materials. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calcrete
1. a type of composite rock [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calcrete
Literary usage of Calcrete
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Corinth: The Centenary, 1896-1996 by Charles K. Williams, Nancy Bookidis (2003)
"During the cutting-back of the bedrock that preceded construction of the temples,
the pink hardpan layer and nodular calcrete layer were not completely ..."
2. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"K. Zeal. Inst., 34, 1902, (451-452). 0070 NOMENCLATURE. J, TG [calcrete and
Silcrete] Sew geological terms and false ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"By J. LOMAS, ARCU, FGS hy Professor Hurdman were about twenty samples of ' calcrete?.'
They were broken oil'by pearl divers from the parent masses which ..."
4. The Nomenclature of Petrology: With References to Selected Literature by Arthur Holmes (1920)
"calcrete, Lamplugh, 10/02.—A term suggested for conglomerates formed by the
cementation of superficial gravels by calcium carbonate. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association by Geologists' Association (1904)
"shape of an irregular parallelogram, the wide side of which faces Flamborough Head.
Three of the blocks are of calcrete*, and •one of diorite, ..."
6. Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates: Proceedings of the First by Daniel T. Potts, Hasan Al Naboodah, Peter Hellyer (2003)
"... a gypcrete or calcrete palaeo-floor. the surface that preceded the laying down
of the great sands. Ancient concreted dunes that preceded the later ..."
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