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Definition of Sandstones

1. sandstone [n] - See also: sandstone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sandstones

Literary usage of Sandstones

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

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"The so-called 'Fossil' Water of Sedimentary Strata, as illustrated by the sandstones of the Moray Firth Basin. By WILLIAM MACKIE, MA, MD In the present case ..."

2. Bulletin by Ghana Geological Survey (1898)
"V3a Clay gall sandstones. V2b Red, green and purple arkosic sandstones and ... VI Quartz sandstones with pebbly grits and clay galls (Basal sandstones). ..."

3. Engineering Geology: By Heinrich Ries and Thomas L. Watson by Heinrich Ries, Thomas Leonard Watson (1914)
"sandstones and Quartzites sandstones and quartzites, as already stated, ... sandstones and quartzites always show a bedded structure, but the layers are not ..."

4. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"Though usually less dense and hard than the Paleozoic sandstones, ... Uses of sandstones.—The wide distribution of sandstones makes them an important source ..."

5. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"Uses of sandstones.—The wide distribution of sandstones makes them an important source of local structural material. They are chiefly used for ordinary ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"XL Triassic—Cretaceous. species which do not occur in the Glossopteris flora. Another plant found in the Vosges sandstones— ..."

7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"The so-called 'Fossil' Water of Sedimentary Strata, as illustrated by the sandstones of the Moray Firth Basin. By WILLIAM MACKIE, MA, MD In the present case ..."

8. Bulletin by Ghana Geological Survey (1898)
"V3a Clay gall sandstones. V2b Red, green and purple arkosic sandstones and ... VI Quartz sandstones with pebbly grits and clay galls (Basal sandstones). ..."

9. Engineering Geology: By Heinrich Ries and Thomas L. Watson by Heinrich Ries, Thomas Leonard Watson (1914)
"sandstones and Quartzites sandstones and quartzites, as already stated, ... sandstones and quartzites always show a bedded structure, but the layers are not ..."

10. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"Though usually less dense and hard than the Paleozoic sandstones, ... Uses of sandstones.—The wide distribution of sandstones makes them an important source ..."

11. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"Uses of sandstones.—The wide distribution of sandstones makes them an important source of local structural material. They are chiefly used for ordinary ..."

12. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"XL Triassic—Cretaceous. species which do not occur in the Glossopteris flora. Another plant found in the Vosges sandstones— ..."

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