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Definition of Gypsiferous
1. a. Containing gypsum.
Definition of Gypsiferous
1. Adjective. Containing gypsum. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gypsiferous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gypsiferous
Literary usage of Gypsiferous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1897)
"Gypsum is also found in the Little Timber and other mines. Above the gypsiferous
shales a thin layer of ... Black shale, gypsiferous, 15 feet. 1. ..."
2. Travels in North America in the Years 1841-2: With Geological Observations by Charles Lyell (1845)
"Tour from the Niagara to the Northern Frontier of Pennsylvania.— Ancient gypsiferous
Formation of New York.—Fossil Mastodon at Geneseo.—Scenery. ..."
3. Travels in North America: With Geological Observations on the United States by Charles Lyell (1845)
"Tou r from the Niagara to the Northern Frontier of Pennsylvania. — Ancient
gypsiferous Formation of New ..."
4. Sketches on a Tour Through the Northern and Eastern States, the Canadas by J. C. Myers (1849)
"... Borealis—Potatoes—Culture—Harvesting and Storing Potatoes—Hulton Bluff—Gypsum—Big
Rock—Rose's Point gypsiferous Series—Blue Noses—Ardoise Hills—Foggy ..."
5. Travels in North America, Canada, and Nova Scotia with Geological Observations by Charles Lyell (1855)
"CHAPTER HI. Tour from the Niagara to the Northern Frontier ofPennsylvania.
— Ancient gypsiferous Formation of New York. — fossil Mastodon at Geneseo. ..."
6. The Industrial Resources of Nova Scotia: Comprehending the Physical by Abraham Gesner (1849)
"... or coal formation—Extent and division of the Group—gypsiferous Strata and
Limestones —Fossils of the Coal Group—New Red Sandstone—Intrusive, ..."
7. An Outline of the Geology of Canada: Based on a Subdivision of the Provinces by Edward John Chapman (1876)
"... of the Middle Silurian series; the Onondaga or gypsiferous, and the Eurypterus
or Lower Helderberg formations, of the Upper Silurian series; ..."
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