Sentence examples for limestone characteristic from inspiring English sources

The reliefs, carved on the greenish white limestone characteristic of the region, mostly depict events of the Buddha's life and his previous births (Jātaka stories).

Sintering is largely governed by the lignite quality and limestone characteristics as well as the combustion conditions in the boiler.

The titular limestone is characteristic of the Mediterranean landscape and is considered an allegory of history in the poem; the properties of this sedimentary rock invoke the sedentary and domestic picture of Mediterranean culture.

A test apparatus to determine friability value has been designed to suit limestone strength characteristics used in cement production.

Kentucky's upper Green River is a nutrient-enriched system that we attribute mainly to a combination of agricultural land-use and limestone bedrock characteristics that lead to enriched groundwater inputs in the downstream, well-developed karst reaches.

In the limestone areas the characteristic landscape consists of karst formations (i.e., precipitous slopes, abrupt, protuberant mountains, caverns, and subterranean streams).

Coelocentrum is one of the most characteristic limestone plants confined to cave-like microhabitats (i.e., caves, crevices, and fissures) of the Sino-Vietnamese karst region (Peng et al.2008a; Qin and Liu2010), with most species known from a single or a few localities and differing from one another by leaf shape, pubescence, texture, and variegation (Gu et al.2007).2007

Elaborately carved marble and limestone sarcophagi are characteristic of the 2nd to the 4th centuries with at least 10,000 examples surviving.

The bedrock is a Triassic shell limestone (Muschelkalk) with characteristic top soil removal.

These limestone areas are characteristic of fluctuating ecological environments with an alternation between severe erosion in the rainy season and extreme drought in the long dry season that are stressful for plant growth [ 19, 21].

Rendzinas, typically humus-carbonate, are characteristic of limestone and magnesium limestone mountain pastures and of many meadows and beech forests of the Apennines.