calcareous
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Fritted iron can be used on acid soils, but it isn't suitable for use on alkaline or calcareous soils (with calcium carbonate).
containing calcium carbonate; chalky.
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The Ph conditions should be ideally 'calcareous' or neutral.
Fritted iron can be used on acid soils, but it isn't suitable for use on alkaline or 'calcareous' soils (with calcium carbonate).
The two major microorganisms whose remains are thus fossilised in chalk are foraminifera and the spikes and cells of 'calcareous' algæ known as coccoliths and rhabdoliths.
These prairies, like the Black Belt, have rich soils derived from 'calcareous' bedrock.
Conversely the blinding white 'calcareous' albariza soils of Jerez produce high-quality sherries, possibly because of reflectance qualities in high temperatures.
This species grows poorly on 'calcareous' soils, but when some of its roots are exposed to distilled water containing Al, its growth is improved.
Subtidal lithologies contain peloids, ostracodes, bivalves, gastropods and oncoids (with less common benthic foraminifera and 'calcareous' algae).
Granite rock is pretty much pH balanced, but most limestone or 'calcareous' rocks will cause the water pH to go up or sour.
Near the beginning of the trail, such species as Zanthoxylum americanum and Quercus muhlenbergii attested to the 'calcareous' nature of the soils.
Particularly instructive is the effectively continuous high-resolution signal of the interval from the base of the upper coccolith limestone to the 'calcareous' mudstone above the upper oil shale.
Only in low-energy environments is the sea bottom stable enough to allow the benthic, temperate carbonate producers to develop their 'calcareous' skeletons.
The soils here are 'calcareous' with clay and sand.
In limestone and 'calcareous' grassland, the key nutrient involved is phosphorus, because calcium phosphate is relatively unavailable to non-mycorrhizal plants.
The bones occur in a dark olive-gray 'calcareous' mudstone layer several decimeters below the thin limestone bed.
Laessle noted the importance of the 'calcareous' nature of the midden soil and its affect on species distribution on the Orange Point shell mound in Florida.
Typically, fens with pH values above 6.0 are associated with 'calcareous' groundwater.
In contrast, other areas that are also receiving acid precipitation, but have limestone and 'calcareous' sandstone, contain lakes whose pH values are essentially unaffected by acid precipitation.
Based upon the presence of 'calcareous' algae, benthic foraminifera and nudists, a lagoonal environment has been suggested for the upper part of the Ocozocuautla Formation.
Many parrotfishes feed on 'calcareous' algae (algae that are high in mineral calcium) growing on dead, exposed coral by biting off chunks and turning them into a fine paste.
And it's a cairn with a view, and the mound of ground it is perched on is a jewel of 'calcareous' grassland, flowering with the round heads of Woolly Thistles and a spray of Harebells.
The fishes fell into the 'calcareous' sediment at the bottom where they were preserved, some with fine detail of the scales and the fleshy parts of the body.
The ecology of different Ca physiotypes is thought to reflect their ability to utilize Ca as an osmoticum in primarily xerophytic, 'calcareous' environments.
The fungus can thrive in 'calcareous' clay loam soils with a pH range of 7.0 to 8.5.
The emeralds are found in black 'calcareous' shales interbedded with limestones of Cretaceous age.
If a soil contains a substantial quantity of fragmented limestone, it can be described as 'calcareous' , or calcaire in French, which has often been wrongly translated as chalk in English wine literature.
Bivalves are characterized by a pair of 'calcareous' shells, or valves, held together with an elastic hinge ligament.
It consists of phyllites, 'calcareous' sandstones and limestone conglomerates that are boudinaged and folded.
The unit consists of limestone or 'calcareous' mudstone and was deposited in a fully marine environment.
Paleoenvironmental interpretation of the overlying interbedded 'calcareous' shales and thin molluscan limestones is beyond the scope of this report.
The Blubber Point Member, characterized by impure limestone and 'calcareous' sandstone with minor shale, represents shallow, inner carbonate shelf deposition.
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