Sentence examples for granite soil from inspiring English sources

Weathering reactions of clay minerals were more marked in the fine textured granite soil.

In the clay fraction of the fine textured granite soil, there were smaller amounts of low crystallised Fe and Al minerals, with higher carbon content in the topsoil, as compared to the coarse granite soil.

The exchangeable cation analysis of the fine textured granite soil revealed a higher proportion of base saturation and a smaller proportion of Altit than in coarse textured granite soil which could be explained by preferential leaching of Al cations.

In this soil, both clay mineral swelling and mica transformation into expansible phyllosilicates were greater compared to the coarse textured granite soil.

In-situ thermal performance tests (TPTs) were conducted for four days under an intermittent operation condition (8 h on; 16 h off) on W and coil-type PHC energy piles installed in a partially saturated weathered granite soil deposit.

In February 2012, we established the 36 mesocosms, each measuring 1.2 m × 1.2 m × 0.4 m, and filled them with a standardized mixture of non-sterilized red ball soil (70% of the volume), decomposed granite soil (20%), and litter soil (10%) (Fig. 2a).

FG Fresh granite, WG Weathered granite, GS Granitic soil, LOI loss on ignition, CIA Chemical Index of Alteration (Nesbitt and Young, 1982).

The glacial schist and granite soils are appropriate for cabernet franc, chardonnay, merlot, pinot noir, seyval blanc and vidal blanc grapes, most of which are grown at Hopkins Vineyard.

At the northern end of the appellation, in Chavanay, young Lionel Faury at Domaine Faury makes wines with finesse and elegance, demonstrating that even the newer part of St.-Joseph has something to offer if the grapes come from granite soils.

He is also resurrecting hillside vineyards near Mauves, and in 2009 bought a clos, an enclosed vineyard on the flats that he said was walled off because its gravel and granite soils were so unusual.

Here in this isolated region, so obscure it is little known even in the rest of Galicia, the potential for distinction comes from the combination of indigenous grapes, the slate and granite soils, the peculiar microclimates of the rivers and terraces, and the human determination to make singular wines.