The crest of the Blue Ridge is usually underlain with Precambrian or Cambrian igneous rocks. |
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Successions in the more intact Permian units are depositionally underlain by siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. |
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The beds at this level are distinctly pyritic and the basal Psiloceras-bearing limestone is underlain by a 20 m thick black shale. |
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During shortening, the domains underlain by a frictional decollement were pinned at this facies boundary. |
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Steep slopes underlain by stony soils form appealing vineyard sites, but they can be susceptible to rapid soil erosion during storms. |
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The ground is underlain by permafrost, a layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year and that may extend deep into the earth. |
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It is underlain by schist, phyllite, and quartzite, although outcrops of serpentine are common in the area. |
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Little of New Brunswick is underlain by bedrock suitable for the formation of solution caves. |
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The soil of all stands was a readily erodible silty or sandy loam underlain by a reddish sand and clay. |
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Most of the mowed fields in the central part of the park are underlain with soil. |
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Canadian vineyards are planted on a wide variety of soil types underlain by diverse bedrock geology. |
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Most of the route stretches through rolling green hills and intervening rice paddies underlain with rich red lateritic soils. |
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Much of this zone is underlain by permafrost and is the most southern Subarctic barrens in the world. |
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Many vineyards are located on valley bottoms underlain by alluvium which can provide deep, free-draining soils of variable grain size. |
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The other zone that is almost underlain by a zone in which all interconnected openings are full of water is considered as the saturated zone. |
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The Adirondack Mountains, in the northern part of the study area, are an exception in that they are largely underlain by crystalline rock. |
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Poor drainage areas are most notable in the lands underlain by older metamorphic rocks of the Klamath Mountains to the south. |
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The cherty carbonate rocks are resistant to weathering, and regions underlain by them may stand above the surrounding terrain. |
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Recent studies of Proterozoic orogenic belts have shown that they may be underlain, at mid to lower crustal levels, by keels of Archaean crust. |
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The interior of the basin is underlain by the Quaternary floodplain deposits and terraces associated with the Mae Ping River. |
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They are underlain by 10-20 metres of Kimmeridge Clay resting on the Coral Rag sub-division of the Corallian. |
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It lies within the discordantly aligned Balygychan-Sugoi basin, which is underlain by volcanic rocks and carbonaceous molasses that cover the Verkhoyansk terrigenous rocks. |
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Lava flows from the Tseax cone ponded near the Nass River, forming a vast, flat plain underlain by the lava flows. |
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The region is underlain by Cretaceous-Tertiary limestone with typical karst features, such as poljes, dolines and big cave systems. |
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The area is underlain by competent attenuative clayey and red lateritic soils. |
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The preparation of financial statements can be underlain by the cash basis of accounting or by the accrual basis. |
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Intermontane valleys are underlain by glacial and alluvial deposits of Pleistocene age. |
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It is underlain primarily by Ordovician metasedimentary strata, mainly phyllite, metaquartzite, and metagreywacke. |
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A large area of northern and central Canada is underlain by a huge craton, which forms the nucleus of the North American continent. |
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The Park lands are underlain by igneous and metamorphic rock of the Canadian Shield, the vast stable core of North America. |
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The Masasi area is underlain predominantly by granitoid gneisses with only minor occurrences of supracrustal rocks whose relationships with the orthogneisses are not clear. |
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All that we require is some general and less than deductive understanding of how economic properties and relations might be underlain by physical ones. |
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Most deposits consist of layers of gypsum, often intercalated with shale, and usually underlain by anhydrite. |
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Nickel, copper, cobalt and PGEs are the targets on this property, underlain by the Fox River sill, a stratiform ultramafic-mafic complex. |
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The area is underlain by rocks of the Abitibi Subprovince intruded by Proterozoic diabase dykes with a number of different trends and ages. |
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The Frame Lake Trail is underlain by both volcanic and plutonic igneous rocks. |
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It also shows a deep receptivity to the way the contemporary world is underlain by strata of history. |
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Lowlands, plains and plateaux, underlain by horizontal beds of sedimentary rock, give this region its typical subdued relief. |
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Shallow, soils of the Sunbury Unit occur sparsely across the ecodistrict in areas underlain by grey, lithic-feldspathic sandstones. |
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Political organization is age-based but is underlain by traditional beliefs in fetishes, local gods, and the affirmation of the power of women. |
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Sinkholes are the identifying feature of karst topography that are visible on the earth surface in areas underlain by soluble rocks. |
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The northern elevated portion of the region is underlain by an extensive granitic batholith. |
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This area is underlain by gently dipping strata of late Palaeozoic sandstones, conglomerates, and shales. |
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American filmmaker who achieved commercial success directing films often underlain by a feminist perspective. |
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All the islands are underlain by dolomite and limestone of Silurian origin. |
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All three features are topped with recently fallen snow that is underlain by older annual layers of increasing density. |
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One of them is what I'll call lakes and rivers that are naturally occurring in the environment and are not underlain by oil sands. |
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Continuous permafrost is defined as an area where at least 90 percent of the land area is underlain by permafrost. |
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These tools are always underlain by the political will of the Member States or by the lack of any such will. |
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In most cases the trenches must be underlain with a layer of gravel to help the effluent absorb properly into the soil. |
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Its surface is gently rolling and generally underlain by glacial sediments. |
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The region supports the largest organic terrain in the world, since up to 75 per cent of the area is underlain by wetlands. |
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Large areas of land in a strip sixty miles wide are underlain by coal with reserves totalling 36,000 million tons. |
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Most of the range occupied by lemmings is underlain by permafrost, or soil that is always frozen, often within a few centimetres of the surface. |
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Coreholes indicate that the hill is underlain by massive ice that is undergoing creep deformation. |
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The bulk of the Mozambique belt of eastern Africa and Madacascar is underlain by deeply eroded and multiply deformed high-grade Proterozoic and Archaean rocks. |
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Large expanses of boreal forest and tundra are underlain by permafrost, a layer of permanently frozen soil found underneath the active, seasonally thawed soil. |
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A large portion of southwestern Nova Scotia is underlain by a mass of granite formed about 400Â million years ago by the melting of the surrounding rocks deep below the earth's surface. |
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In areas underlain by soluble bedrock, its solution by precipitation and percolating water commonly produce cavities. |
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Surface water-fed: Wetland underlain by impermeable strata. |
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In addition to the above, small patches of marine glaciofluvial deposits occur adjacent to Chaleur Bay in areas underlain by Pennsylvanian sedimentary rocks. |
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The entire ecodistrict is underlain by Pennsylvanian sedimentary rocks that consist of red, buff, grey and olive green sandstone, interbedded with mudstone and conglomerate. |
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Disposal of wastes in regions underlain by continuous permafrost has relied on the assumption that frozen sediments are impermeable and that perennially frozen ground will store wastes indefinitely. |
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Much of the plateau is underlain by felsic to mafic volcanic rocks, interlayered metasedimentary strata, and small to medium-sized granitic plutons. |
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Plains make up much of the eastern portion of the West, underlain with sedimentary rock from the Upper Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras. |
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It consists into a concordant semi-massive to massive sulfides lens underlain by a tectonically transposed stockwork feeder zone containing pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite millimetric stringers. |
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Areas underlain by felsic volcanic rocks typically have shallow, stony soils of the Lomond Unit on the hilltop sites and compact loams of the Popple Depot Unit on the low ridges and slopes. |
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It is underlain by strongly folded Pontiac and Timiskaming sediments and cut by ductile faults, interpreted as splays of the Cadillac Larder Lake Break which is located about 1kilometre to the north. |
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The sea is underlain by the Red Sea Rift which is part of the Great Rift Valley. |
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Upon declaration of a significant discovery, the explorer can apply for and shall be granted a significant discovery licence to cover that part of their exploration licence underlain by the discovery. |
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The northern peninsula of Trotternish is underlain by basalt, which provides relatively rich soils and a variety of unusual rock features. |
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Indigenous philosophies are underlain by a world view of interrelationships among the spiritual, the natural and the self, forming the foundation or beginnings of Indigenous ways of knowing and being. |
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In Northern regions, peatlands are often underlain by permafrost and, as a consequence of the warming climate, permafrost features are degrading, leading to increased saturation of soil layers and peat surface collapses. |
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Close by is the site of the butchering camp, a kilometre-wide expanse pocked with the remnants of meat caches and cooking pits, and itself underlain with up to a metre of butchered bison bones. |
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To the south of this, the Herefordshire lowlands are largely underlain by red mudstones and sandstones, producing a redder soil. |
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In most places, the Coal Measures are underlain by coarser clastic sequences known as Millstone Grit, of Namurian age. |
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The outer layer is a chemically distinct silicate solid crust, which is underlain by a highly viscous solid mantle. |
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Waved maritime heath grows over shallow podzolic soils which are underlain by Hercynian granite. |
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The Champagne region of France is mostly underlain by chalk deposits, which contain artificial caves used for wine storage. |
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Historically, this loess belt has underlain some of Germany's richest agricultural regions. |
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The Millstone Grit is, in turn, underlain by limestone rocks from the lower Carboniferous period. |
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The JQS prospect to the south is underlain by volcanic agglomerates which have been intruded by diorite dikes and stocks. |
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The Kuri region is underlain by the same geological environment as the gold zones on Tinga, including the Far East Gold Zone. |
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The Mamay area is underlain by a series of metasomatically altered sediments and andesite intruded by granite and granodiorite. |
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The property is underlain by the Launay pluton as well as the eastern part of the Tascherau batholith. |
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It is underlain by lower Cretaceous andesites and mid-Cretaceous diorites of the Coastal Batholith. |
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Core 2, situated some distance from the quarry, revealed 38m of sedimentary infill underlain by limnic limestones, probably of Neogene age. |
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The fried green tomatoes were terrific, underlain by a lemon basil aioli and crowned with a lump crab ravigote, a vinegar-based sauce. |
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The Claims are underlain by granodioritic and quartz monzonitic, phases of the Jurassic Okanagan Batholith. |
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The property is underlain by two monzonitic porphyry intrusive centers approximately 1000 meters apart. |
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Walking through the woods at this site takes one through stately trees underlain by moss-covered boulders and swales whose appearance is ever-changing with variations in daylight and season. |
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Karst areas are very fragile landscapes underlain by limestone eroded by dissolution, producing ridges, towers, fissures, sinkholes, and other characteristic landforms that need careful management to sustain local economies. |
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In both oceanic crust and ophiolites, the gabbro layer is underlain by the mantle, which extends thousands of kilometers down to Earth's core. |
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Many apparently well-drained areas are underlain by humate, a hardpan which may perch the water table and provide the moisture moles and earthworms require. |
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The upland area is underlain by sedimentary rocks dating from the Devonian and early Carboniferous periods with Triassic and Jurassic age rocks on lower slopes. |
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The Iapetus Suture runs through the north and west of the state, being underlain by the ancient Laurentian terrane, and the south and east underlain by the Avalonian terrane. |
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Spear test, the Court then addressed the implied preclusion analysis that had underlain the unanimous body of circuit court precedent in EPA's favor. |
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The Central Lowlands is largely underlain by Paleozoic formations. |
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County Durham is underlain by Carboniferous rocks in the west. |
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It is in essence a horst underlain by the Weardale Granite which provides sufficient buoyancy to maintain this piece of the upper crust as an area of raised relief. |
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The anomalous areas are underlain by favourable off-shelf carbonate stratigraphy, including gossanous silty limestone, within a prominent southeast-trending antiform. |
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Phylles was still smirking at him, but there was a degree of uncertainty behind her expression, that had perhaps underlain her earlier hostility as well. |
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Thus older seafloor is underlain by denser material and 'sits' lower. |
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The area is underlain by the flat-lying Miocene age Browns Park Formation which unconformably overlies the Eocene Green River and Wasatch Formations. |
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