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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to limestone, such as: chalk, chemical sedimentary rock, clastic rock, conglomerate, lithified sediment, and mechanical sedimentary rock.
How to use limestone in a sentence
Among the piles of specimens were six large slabs of limestone.
SMUGGLERS ALMOST MADE OFF WITH A NEAR-COMPLETE FOSSIL OF A BIZARRE FLYING REPTILEHANNAH SEOAUGUST 26, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEFor now, you can ride 195 miles of its crushed limestone from the town of Norfolk in the east to Valentine in the west.
THE 25 BEST FALL TRIPS IN THE WORLDJVERSTEEGHAUGUST 9, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEWith limestone outcroppings, rocky terrain, and vast, dry prairies, Missouri’s 12,423-acre Hercules-Glades Wilderness is a mish-mash of Ozark Mountain terrain.
50 U.S. WILDERNESS AREAS, RANKEDERILEYJULY 26, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEFor limestone, he estimates that the number could be as much as twice that, because of the heat required to process the rock.
THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO BUY A SUSTAINABLE WETSUITWTAYLORJULY 23, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEThat process would convert calcium oxide back into calcium carbonate, the main component of limestone, at which point the process can simply begin again.
A STARTUP USING MINERALS TO DRAW DOWN CO2 HAS SCORED FUNDING—AND ITS FIRST BUYERJAMES TEMPLEMAY 26, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWIn the cave-riddled limestone terrain of the Yucatan Peninsula, there are no rivers to supply sediment.
MANGROVE FORESTS ON THE YUCATAN PENINSULA STORE RECORD AMOUNTS OF CARBONCAROLYN GRAMLINGMAY 7, 2021SCIENCE NEWSA canopy of hardwood trees provides cover, and old limestone walls adorn hills speckled with horse farms.
JUST IN TIME FOR SUMMER: 49 NEW NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS AND ALL-AMERICAN ROADSANDREA SACHSAPRIL 16, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHere is where we find our universal traveler 70 million years ago, still in the form of calcium carbonate in a limestone cliff.
CARBON, IT’S ELEMENTARY, DEAR READER - ISSUE 99: UNIVERSALITYJOHN BARNETTAPRIL 14, 2021NAUTILUSMy wife and I stood on the deck and watched the limestone cliffs rise above the muddy Ohio while a Marathon Petroleum barge vanished in the offing.
A DAY’S DRIVE FROM CHICAGO, EXPLORING A VERY DIFFERENT ILLINOISCARSON VAUGHANFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe bedrock beneath the Robertson Glacier in Alberta, Canada contains limestone, shale, and sandstone.
GLACIER-DWELLING BACTERIA THRIVE ON CHEMICAL ENERGY DERIVED FROM ROCKS AND WATERKATE BAGGALEYDECEMBER 30, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEWORDS RELATED TO LIMESTONE
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