Sentence examples for bedrock consisting of from inspiring English sources

A layer of sand, which has a large N-value of greater than 10, may correspond to the second layer profiled in this study, which overlays an engineering bedrock consisting of pumice tuff or gravel.

The extreme north of the peninsula, roughly corresponding to Yucatán state, has underlying bedrock consisting of flat Cenozoic limestone.

Underlying the Albany Pine Bush is a bedrock consisting of shale and siltstone, laid down 450 million years ago during the Middle Ordovician.

In the greater Dublin area, there are extensive glacial sediments overlying bedrock, consisting of widespread boulder clay or till of varying thicknesses (up to 40 m) and areas of thick alluvial material along the River Liffey (McConnell 1994; Farrell and Wall 1990).

The bedrock consists of a granite batholith intruded during the Mesozoic.

Scientists are further intrigued because the bedrock consists of thin layers, which may be volcanic ash or sedimentary rock deposited by water or wind.

Bedrock consists of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks (Fenneman 1938).

The bedrock consists of basaltic layers characterized by high seismic velocity and low seismic attenuation.

The southern part of the subglacial study area has higher bed elevations and higher roughness than the northern part, possibly because the bedrock consists of hard granitic gneiss as in the adjacent proglacial area.

The bedrock consists of basement gneiss with occasional slate and volcanic rock.

The CO2 efflux from forest soil on carbonate bedrock consists of the following components which differ in their isotopic signature: (I) heterotrophic respiration, (II) autotrophic respiration, (III) abiotic CO2 from weathering, and (IV) atmospheric CO2 which entered the soil by convection, diffusion or rainwater.