outcrop
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"That was just an incredible moment," said Beth Orcutt, who led the research project to the Pacific Ocean’s Dorado Outcrop site in June with Jorge Cortes of the University of Costa Rica.
From National Geographic • Jul. 7, 2023
The Dorado Outcrop is home to more than 100 octopus mothers, a scattering of male would-be suitors and shrimp and eels on the lookout for a chance to snatch an egg or newborn octopus.
From Scientific American • Jul. 3, 2023
Outcrop exposure of gneiss from Milan Ridge in the Miller Range, with lens-shaped felsic zones bordered by mafic selvedges, indicative of local melting.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2011
It was, according to one of its many sub-headings, "A Humorous Outcrop concerning two Maids and a Man."
From The Furnace of Gold by Marchand, J. N.
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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