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Definition of Ridgetop
1. the crest of a ridge [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ridgetop
Literary usage of Ridgetop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mineral Resources of the Waynesboro Quadrangle, Tennessee by Hugh Dinsmore Miser (1921)
"CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM (MISSISSIPPIAN SERIES) ridgetop SHALE The ridgetop shale is
widely exposed and is present at most places ..."
2. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1915)
"In the ridgetop section, however, it is composed of green and dark-gray shales
in the lower half and of heavier and more calcareous beds in the upper half, ..."
3. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1915)
"In the past two or three years, however, reasonably good collections of fossils
have been made from three zones in the ridgetop shale. ..."
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