Definition of Saliferous. Meaning of Saliferous. Synonyms of Saliferous

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Definition of Saliferous

Saliferous
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 from wikipedia

- (Angola). The mode includes a deltaic sediment interval deposited on a saliferous evaporitic series. The sediment thickens from west to east, with the eastern...
- occasionally staining blue. Taste: Farinaceous (like flour) when fresh, saliferous (salty) when dried. Odor: Slightly farinaceous. Microscopic features:...
- 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...
- formed during Frasnian and Famennian stages of the Late Devonian epoch. Saliferous formations cover 26,000 km2 in the southeastern part of the country. Three...
- Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire; showing that the Red or Saliferous, including a peculiar band of sandstone, represent the "Keuper" or "Marnes...
- Tertiary Pliocene Furnace Cr**** Formation Cemented gravel, silty and saliferous playa deposits; various salts, especially borates, more than 5,000 feet...
- [citation needed] Another discovery made by the exploratory drilling was that saliferous groundwater moves both from the sides and the top of the salt dome towards...
- the Lendu area of the northeast Congo. Kibero salt was obtained from saliferous earths. There was a series of excavations done in the small village of...
- logging occurred during rainy season). Bhith was further classified as saliferous land or usher (soils in which salinity is mainly due to ac****ulation of...
- east by 1.6 m, due to its location on sloping sandy soil with underlying saliferous beds, and it had tilted an average of 12 mm per year since 1790. Trubshaw...