| calcareous |
Containing salts of calcium, for example, calcium carbonate as limestone rock or derived soil.
Ãâó: museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nhns2/glossary.htm
|
|---|---|
| calcareous |
having calcium carbonate incorporated into a body structure, such as skeletal elements or a shell.
Ãâó: guppyplace.tripod.com/Glossary.html
|
| calcareous |
Calcareous - Rocks that contain up to 50 percent calcium carbonate, such as calcareous shale or calcareous sandstone.
Ãâó: csd.unl.edu/general/glossary-letter.asp
|
| calcareous |
Of the nature of, or containing, lime.
Ãâó: www.invasive.org/eastern/eppc/glossary.html
|
| calcareous |
any rock which has enough carbonate material so that it reacts with hydrochloric (or any other strong) acid, producing bubbles of carbon dioxide. Usually, the carbonate material is calcite, but it may be dolomite, siderite, smithsonite, or witherite.
Ãâó: www.tc.umn.edu/~smith213/Glossary%20A%20F.htm
|