Sentence examples for hard bedrock from inspiring English sources

On the mountain ranges and outliers the soils are mostly derived from the underlying hard bedrock and are too steep and stony to be cultivated.

The extremely hard bedrock, which consists mostly of granite and other heat- and pressure-formed materials, ranges from one to two billion years in age.

Because of continual wind or water erosion or shallow depth to hard bedrock, Leptosols show little or none of the horizonation, or layering, characteristic of other soils.

Geologically, the Jay Rocks are an example of what happens when softer basaltic rock is mixed with the mountains' hard bedrock.

The tremors did not occur at the same depth as the main earthquake deep within the hard bedrock, but at shallower depths within the sea's muddy sediment.

Expeditions have discovered microbes in nutrient-poor clays and hard bedrock.

The band gave "Twilight's" melancholy tracks a harder bedrock, allowing Mr. Dulli to satisfy his urge for catharsis.

The hard limestone bedrock can also be detected and traced along the surveyed profiles.

In this north European country, GSHPs' operating conditions are characterized by the cold climate, and hard, crystalline bedrock.

Consequently, the reworked surface sediments (including limestone cryoclasts, moraines, and cover-beds) have a prevailing influence on pedogenesis compared to the hard underlying bedrock.

In recent weeks, excavation machines have been pounding at the hard Manhattan bedrock to prepare a foundation for the new building.