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Definition of Tufaceous
1. a. Pertaining to tufa; consisting of, or resembling, tufa.
Definition of Tufaceous
1. Adjective. Of the nature or texture of tufa. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tufaceous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Tufaceous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tufaceous
Literary usage of Tufaceous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1832)
"Dr Hibbert on the Overflows of tufaceous A liable to overflowings from periodical or
... Although a considerable share of the tufaceous muc posited may be ..."
2. History of the Extinct Volcanoes of the Basin of Neuwied on the Lower Rhine by Samuel Hibbert (1832)
"THE OVERFLOWS OF tufaceous MUD, on MOYA, FROM THE VOLCANIC CAULDRON OF RIEDEN.
In the last section the circumstances were investigated under which an ..."
3. Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America by Charles Darwin (1876)
"... fossils, tufaceous deposit, complicated dislocations of—Relations between
ancient orifices of eruption and subsequent axes of injection—Iquique, Peru, ..."
4. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1846)
"... less compact tufaceous deposit of carbonate of lime or silica. Captain Newbold
brings evidence to prove that they were produced from springs of water, ..."
5. Contributions to Geology by Isaac Lea (1833)
"tufaceous LACUSTRINE FORMATION OP SYRACUSE, ONONDAGA COUNTY, NY Read before the
American Philosophical Society, Nov. 1, 1833. ..."
6. Travels in Little-known Parts of Asia Minor by Henry John Van Lennep (1870)
"... Start back to Tocat — tufaceous rock — View of the Star Mountain — Village of
Sarii Yeri — Ascending the Star Mountain — Heaps of boulders — The Summit ..."
7. History of the Extinct Volcanoes of the Basin of Neuwied on the Lower Rhine by Samuel Hibbert (1832)
"Hence we may infer that this tufaceous substance became intermingled with the
upper beds of the common lacustrine deposit. This intermixture, which is not ..."
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