Definition of Outcrops

1. Noun. (plural of outcrop) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Outcrops

1. outcrop [v] - See also: outcrop

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outcrops

outcrack
outcrafty
outcrawl
outcrawled
outcrawling
outcrawls
outcreep
outcried
outcrier
outcriers
outcries
outcrop
outcropped
outcropping
outcroppings
outcrops (current term)
outcross
outcrossed
outcrosses
outcrossing
outcrow
outcrowd
outcrowded
outcrowding
outcrowds
outcrowed
outcrowing
outcrows
outcry
outcrying

Literary usage of Outcrops

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"Discrimination Between Bowlders and outcrops.—Care should always be taken not to mistake large, half-buried bowlders, such as are common in glaciated ..."

2. The Examination of Prospects: A Mining Geology by Charles Godfrey Gunther (1912)
"In many outcrops in arid regions whose underlying ore deposits have been ... The Condition of outcrops Indicative of Secondary Enrichments in Depth. ..."

3. Structural and Field Geology for Students of Pure and Applied Science by James Geikie (1905)
"Tracing of Exposed outcrops. Tracing of Concealed outcrops— Evidence supplied by Soils and Subsoils, ... Carrying outcrops across Superficial Formations. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1876)
"ON THE PARALLELISM OF DEVONIAN outcrops IN MICHIGAN AND OHIO. By NH WINCHELL, of Minneapolis, Minn. IT is well known that there is a difference of opinion ..."

5. Structural and Field Geology for Students of Pure and Applied Science by James Geikie (1910)
"Tracing of Exposed outcrops. Tracing of Concealed outcrops— Evidence supplied by Soils and Subsoils, ... Carrying outcrops across Superficial Formations. ..."

6. Bulletin by Louisiana Geological Survey (1907)
"from oft-repeated visits to all the various outcrops is: that upon the whole their dips and positions indicate that the uplift here recorded is elliptical ..."

7. Bulletin by Ohio State Geologist, Ohio Division of Geological Survey (1909)
"The outcrops of Middle Devonian within the state follow the borders of the Michigan and Ohio basins, so that there is a crescent shaped area in the ..."

8. Types of Ore Deposits by Harry Foster Bain (1911)
"The lode is more resistant to erosion than the country rock and outcrops as a ... Composition of outcrops and Leached Zones.—Since pyrite is an important ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Outcrops on Dictionary.com!Search for Outcrops on Thesaurus.com!Search for Outcrops on Google!Search for Outcrops on Wikipedia!

Search