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bedrock  

Definition

  • Bedrock is the resistant substratum, any harder layer beneath loose sediments; basement. (Adapted and translated from: Moureau M. & Brace G. (2000). Comprehensive Dictionary of Earth Science - Dictionnaire des Sciences de la Terre. Paris, Technip.)

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  • bed-rock

In other languages

  • French

  • bed-rock
  • socle rocheux
  • soubassement rocheux
  • substratum rocheux

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