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Definition of Saliferous rocks

Saliferous rocks
Saliferous Sa*lif"er*ous, a. [L. sal salt + -ferous.] Producing, or impregnated with, salt. Saliferous rocks (Geol.), the New Red Sandstone system of some geologists; -- so called because, in Europe, this formation contains beds of salt. The saliferous beds of New York State belong largely to the Salina period of the Upper Silurian. See the Chart of Geology.

Meaning of Saliferous rocks from wikipedia

- Anisian through Ladinian to Carnian age. Formerly known as the Upper Keuper Saliferous Beds and as the Wilkesley Halite Formation (named from the Cheshire hamlet...
- (Angola). The mode includes a deltaic sediment interval deposited on a saliferous evaporitic series. The sediment thickens from west to east, with the eastern...
- Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire; showing that the Red or Saliferous, including a peculiar band of sandstone, represent the "Keuper" or "Marnes...
- distinct set of related formations geologists call a group. The oldest rocks in the area that now includes Death Valley National Park are extensively...
- To the north-west of these, the bedrock is composed of Upper Keuper Saliferous Beds, which contain rock salt. Both rock types were re-classified in 2008...