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Definition of Tufaceous

Tufaceous
Tufaceous Tu*fa"ceous, a. [Cf. It. tufaceo, L. tofaceus, tofacius. See Tufa.] (Min.) Pertaining to tufa; consisting of, or resembling, tufa.

Meaning of Tufaceous from wikipedia

- Tufa is a variety of limestone formed when carbonate minerals precipitate out of water in unheated rivers or lakes. Geothermally heated hot springs sometimes...
- century, behind the Arch of Septimius Severus were found some ancient tufaceous foundations that probably belonged to the Volcanal and traces of a rocky...
- frescos. The main lower site was carved from the cliff's central stratum of tufaceous breccia at an elevation of thirteen hundred metres above sea level. In...
- the homonymous urban park in Rome (Italy), located on the top of the tufaceous hill overlooking Viale Tiziano. The garden occupies the extreme offshoot...
- Cenozoic eras. Limestone terrain is known for the short losing streams and tufaceous waterfalls. There are canyons and gorges, like those of the Toplodolska...
- Retrieved 13 September 2023. C.B.M. McBurney; R.W. Hey (1955). "VII, Tufaceous deposits". Prehistory and Pleistocene Geology in Cyrenaican Libya. Cambridge...
- in district Garhwal. Reserves of dolomite exists in the district and tufaceous deposits are also found near several Nullahs. Building stoneStone which...
- that mean concentrations of sodium and chloride at the Louisa Bridge tufaceous springs site were 215.24 mg/l and 415.75 mg/l, respectively (and that...
- Roman amphitheatres). The town centre of Zagarolo lies on a very narrow tufaceous plateau (2 kilometres long and about 100 meters wide) at an elevation...
- thus favoring that "in height". The cir****stance that the city rests on tufaceous soil has favored practices of raising existing buildings, drawing the...