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What does bedrock mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock that exists at some depth below the ground surface. Bedrock is rock "in place", as opposed to material that has been transported from another location by weathering and erosion.
  2. A basis or foundation.
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The Pre-Cambrian granite bedrock is exposed at higher elevations as outcrops or low cliffs.
A shallow shaft was excavated to bedrock, followed by drilling and blasting.
Wave erosion drives the sea cliff landward creating a planar, gently seaward-dipping bedrock platform.
The concepts inherent in this right are the bedrock upon which the principles of self-determination and individual autonomy are based.
Blast-enhanced fracturing is a process used at sites with fractured bedrock formations.
The bedrock is dolomite with pH of 7-8, which is 15-24 m below the surface.

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