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Calcareous (/kælˈkɛəriəs/) is an
adjective meaning "mostly or
partly composed of
calcium carbonate", in
other words,
containing lime or
being chalky. The...
- The
calcareous sponges (class Calcarea) are
members of the
animal phylum Porifera, the
cellular sponges. They are
characterized by ****ules made of calcium...
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Calcareous gr****land (or
alkaline gr****land) is an
ecosystem ****ociated with thin
basic soil, such as that on
chalk and
limestone downland.
There are large...
- A
calcareous glade is a type of
ecological community that is
found in the
central Eastern United States.
Calcareous glades occur where bedrock such as...
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Calcareous nannofossils are a
class of tiny (less than 30
microns in diameter)
microfossils that are
similar to
coccoliths deposited by the modern-day...
- Lime is an
inorganic material composed primarily of
calcium oxides and hydroxides. It is also the name for
calcium oxide which is used as an industrial...
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Calcite is a
carbonate mineral and the most
stable polymorph of
calcium carbonate (CaCO3). It is a very
common mineral,
particularly as a
component of...
- Sud-orientali, German: Südliche Kalkalpen), also
called the
Southern Calcareous Alps, are the
ranges of the
Eastern Alps
south of the
Central Eastern...
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Calcareous dinoflagellate cysts or
calcareous dinocysts are
dinoflagellate cysts produced by a
group of
peridinoid dinoflagellates,
called calcareous...
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Limestone Alps (German: Nördliche Kalkalpen), also
called the
Northern Calcareous Alps, are the
ranges of the
Eastern Alps
north of the
Central Eastern...
