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Definition of Regolith
1. Noun. (geology) The layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock, that constitutes the surface layer of most dry land on earth, the moon, and other large solid aggregated celestial objects. There can also be sub-marine regolith.) ¹
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Definition of Regolith
1. a layer of loose rock [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Regolith
Literary usage of Regolith
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"The effective ice sheet thickness is/i" = h when sliding occurs at the ice-regolith
interface, and //" = h + d when sliding occurs at the bedrock-regolith ..."
2. A Treatise on Rocks, Rock-weathering and Soils by George Perkins Merrill (1906)
"The regolith SUBDIVISIONS OF THE regolith Sedentary T Residual deposits ...
The extreme upper, most superficial portion of this regolith, that which affords ..."
3. Industrial Minerals, Today and Tomorrow: The Raw Materials to Build the edited by G. B. Sidder (1993)
"... taken over the prospect, and interpretations were constrained by direct
determinations at nearby bedrock exposures and by drill hole (regolith) data. ..."
4. Geological Disasters in the Philippines: The July 1990 Earthquake and the by Giovanni Rantucci (1995)
"10.3 Problems related to specific aspects of disasters 10.3.1 Landform evolution
and the formation of a new regolith GH Dury (Gregory, 1977) indicates that ..."
5. Exploring the Moon and Mars: Choices for the Nation (1992)
"Charged particles from the solar wind and galactic cosmic rays continuously strike
the regolith, embedding themselves in it. Thus, the regolith carries a ..."
6. Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System by National Research Council (U.S.) (2007)
"However, past missions have shown that this carbon is not easily detected in the
martian regolith and is, thus far, not detectable remotely. ..."
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