Definition of Saprolite

1. Noun. A deposit of clay and disintegrating rock that is found in its original place.

Generic synonyms: Earth, Ground

Definition of Saprolite

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saprolite

sapremia
sapremias
sapremic
saprists
sapro-
saprobe
saprobes
saprobial
saprobic
saprodontia
saprogen
saprogenic
saprogenicities
saprogenicity
saprol
saprolite (current term)
saprolites
sapropel
sapropelic
sapropels
saprophagan
saprophage
saprophages
saprophagic
saprophagous
saprophagy
saprophilous
saprophyte
saprophytes
saprophytic

Literary usage of Saprolite

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

1. Bi-monthly Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers by American Institute of Mining Engineers (1903)
"Cutting through the diorite saprolite are occasional dikes of fine-grained ... The granite saprolite or white belt also carries appreciable, and, in part, ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1908)
"Cutting through the diorite saprolite are occasional dikes of fine-grained ... The granite saprolite or white belt also carries appreciable, and, in part, ..."

3. Technology Quarterly and Proceedings of the Society of Arts by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Society of Arts (1907)
"The situation is a low knoll of saprolite in which may be readily recognized, in order of age, quartzite (sometimes micaceous and ..."

4. A Preliminary Report on a Part of the Gold Deposits of Georgia by William Smith Yeates, Samuel Washington McCallie, Francis Plaisted King (1896)
"Whether, or not, all the saprolite areas are auriferous, prospecting has, as yet, not revealed ; but, where testing has been carried on, such areas have ..."

5. Proceedings of the Good Roads Institute, Held at the University of North by University of North Carolina (1793-1962) (1908)
"The saprolite or rotted rock underlying the richer deposits of monazite is at ... The occurrence of monazite in saprolite will be considered along with the ..."

6. Transactions by American Institute of Mining Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME. (1908)
"Cutting through the diorite saprolite are occasional dikes of fine-grained ... The granite saprolite or white belt also carries appreciable, and, in part, ..."

7. Bi-monthly Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers by American Institute of Mining Engineers (1903)
"Cutting through the diorite saprolite are occasional dikes of fine-grained ... The granite saprolite or white belt also carries appreciable, and, in part, ..."

8. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1908)
"Cutting through the diorite saprolite are occasional dikes of fine-grained ... The granite saprolite or white belt also carries appreciable, and, in part, ..."

9. Technology Quarterly and Proceedings of the Society of Arts by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Society of Arts (1907)
"The situation is a low knoll of saprolite in which may be readily recognized, in order of age, quartzite (sometimes micaceous and ..."

10. A Preliminary Report on a Part of the Gold Deposits of Georgia by William Smith Yeates, Samuel Washington McCallie, Francis Plaisted King (1896)
"Whether, or not, all the saprolite areas are auriferous, prospecting has, as yet, not revealed ; but, where testing has been carried on, such areas have ..."

11. Proceedings of the Good Roads Institute, Held at the University of North by University of North Carolina (1793-1962) (1908)
"The saprolite or rotted rock underlying the richer deposits of monazite is at ... The occurrence of monazite in saprolite will be considered along with the ..."

12. Transactions by American Institute of Mining Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME. (1908)
"Cutting through the diorite saprolite are occasional dikes of fine-grained ... The granite saprolite or white belt also carries appreciable, and, in part, ..."

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