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sandstone
sandstone(arenite) A type of sedimentary rock, formed of a lithified
sand, and comprising grains between 63 μm and 1000 μm in size, bound together with a mud matrix and a mineral cement.
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Indian sandstone adds Southwestern style to airport: the expansion and renovation of the Tucson International Airport included the addition of multi-colored sandstone from India as a key design element.(Focus on Indian Stone)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Stone World; 8/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...enhance the Southwestern style. Indian sandstone from Southland Stone USA, Inc. of North...various elements of the project, as was sandstone from Arizona. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...According to the architect, two types of sandstone were implemented. "Sandstone from India...
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Controls on Delta Plain Sandstone Geometries and their Implication for Reservoir Exploration in Middle Jurassic Successions: Saltwick Formation, Yorkshire Ness Formation, North Sea
Magazine article from: Geolines; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...variations and sandstone geometries may...plain reservoir sandstones are not detectable...Hayburn Wyke. Sandstone facies can be divided...Crevasse splay sandstones, which consist...stacked channel sandstone reservoir units...stacked channel sandstones and high variability...
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A comparison of the effectiveness of sandstone and limestone as cultch for oysters, Crassostrea virginica.
Magazine article from: Journal of Shellfish Research; 8/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...were conducted to compare quartzitic sandstone to siliceous limestone in its ability to collect oyster spat, and to determine if sandstone is a suitable cultch for oysters. Thirty bags of sandstone and 30 bags of limestone were placed...
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Sandstone reflects natural surroundings of monument: the Big Water Visitor Center and the Cannonville Visitor Center, both clad in sandstone, are two of the four centers that make up the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah.(Commercial Architecture)
Magazine article from: Stone World; 11/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Kanab, UT, occupies an area of plateaus, sandstone canyons, unique rock formations and cliffs...colored hues of Colorado Buff and Pawnee Buff sandstone and deep brilliant red Moenkopi sandstone, recalling the Vermilion cliffs. [ILLUSTRATION...
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Scientists are warming up to sandstone discoveries
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 12/8/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...much hydrocarbon leaked from the Navajo sandstone formation in that area that it may have caused a greenhouse effect. The familiar sandstone often is in the form of hills, flat...Chan and William T. Parry, Navajo sandstone represents the largest dune field ever...
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Rajasthan's Hindaun town gains popularity with its trademark sandstone.
News Wire article from: Asian News International; 8/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...rail network. Rough sandstone is brought from the...in Hindaun Processed sandstones are exported to countries...East countries. "Our sandstone industry is very big. There are 25 units (of sandstone processing) here...industry. We export sandstones and also supply to...
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Rajasthan's Hindaun town gains popularity with its trademark sandstone
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 8/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...rail network. Rough sandstone is brought from the...in Hindaun Processed sandstones are exported to countries...East countries. "Our sandstone industry is very big. There are 25 units (of sandstone processing) here...industry. We export sandstones and also supply to...
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Mandatory stop at Sandstone still under consideration
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 10/29/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Thursday vowed increased patrols of steep Sandstone Mountain but took care not to single...safety enforcement measures on both the Sandstone and Cheat mountain grades. Media, a...Memorial Airport's restaurant. Both Sandstone - a 2,736-foot peak between Beckley...
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Systematic destruction of K-feldspar in deeply buried rift and passive margin sandstones
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Keywords: feldspar, sandstone, diagenesis...of deeply buried sandstones. This pore space...primary variations in sandstone composition and...shallow-buried sandstones near a basin edge...to deeper buried sandstones deposited more...deposition of the sandstone. These depositional...
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Sandstone, the new "Hard Rock": Hard Rock Cafe International has a fiery new edition on the Seminole Indian Tribe reservation in Tampa, FL.
Magazine article from: Stone World; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...built. The use of Australian sandstone has coincidentally integrated...they looked at that." "The sandstone is from our Mt. White quarry...found in a white range. The sandstones from the Gosford region are...been exporting this type of sandstone for many years, and it is...
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Sandstone
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...are often found in sandstones. They do not form...water-saturated sandstones. Sandstone layers shaped into...companies; indeed, most sandstone sedimentologists work...useful feature of sandstones is that they tend...
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sandstone
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...cementing material in sandstone is calcium carbonate...and the hardness of sandstone varies according to...cementing material; quartz sandstones cemented with quartz...depleted potash in soils. Sandstones are widely used in...industry. Varieties of sandstone include arkose, which...
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New Red Sandstone
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
New Red Sandstone The New Red Sandstone—or more simply the ‘New Red’...Thus it was separated from the lithologically similar Old Red Sandstone, which we now recognize as the continental facies of the Devonian...
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Old Red Sandstone
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Old Red Sandstone series of red and brown sandstones, conglomerates, and shales...of geologic time. The Old Red Sandstone, in contrast to the typical...Devonian fishes. The Old Red Sandstone was correlated with the marine...
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sand and sandstone
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...siliciclastic deposits. Sandstone is indurated (hardened...finer sediment. Sand and sandstone are second to muds and mudstones...qualify the terms sand and sandstone; for example, very coarse...of siliciclastic sands and sandstones are quartz, feldspar, fragments...
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