Bedrock

Bedrock

The solid rock of the earth's crust that lies under the soil and other unconsolidated earth materials.

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Industry/Domain: Natural environment
Category: Coral reefs
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bedrock

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The solid rock of the earth's crust that lies under the soil and other unconsolidated earth materials.

bedrock

Metals; Gold

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bedrock

Construction; Bridge

The solid rock layer beneath sand or silt, especially in a river-bed.

bedrock

Water bodies; Rivers

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bedrock

Energy; Hydro dam; Dam safety

Any sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic material represented as a unit in geology; being a sound and solid mass, layer, or ledge of mineral matter; and with shear wave threshold ...

bedrock

Earth science; Soil science

A general term for the solid rock that underlies the soil and other unconsolidated material or that is exposed at the surface.

nodulose

Natural environment; Coral reefs

With small nodules, knobs or swellings.

fissure

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A deep and narrow depression cutting across the reef front with origins relating to jointing planes in the reef limestone or non-limestone bedrock.

damselfish

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A large family (Pomacentridae) of bony fishes which are abundant and common inhabitants of coral reefs. They possess robust, deep, and laterally compressed bodies. The majority of ...

complementary resources

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A pair of resources for which consumption by the consumer of one resource reduces its requirement for the other.

antennule

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A small antenna, especially the first pair of antennae in crustaceans.

odontophore

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A tooth-bearing structure found in most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which support the radula and radula sac; the term is also applied ...

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