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  2. Coquina - Wikipedia

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    Coquina has also been used as a source of paving material. It is usually poorly cemented and easily breaks into component shell or coral fragments, which can be substituted for gravel or crushed harder rocks. In the 1930s, large-scale mining of coquina for use in highway construction began at Fort Fisher in North Carolina. [22]

  3. Paloma (archaeological site) - Wikipedia

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    The site contains the buried remains of reed huts. [1]: 10 Crushed white shells cover the ground in an area of 15 hectares, making the site easily detectable.[1]: 10 The densest midden deposits are found on the edge of a small canyon near the western end of the site - this area appears to have served as a garbage dump for at least part of Paloma's existence.

  4. Shelly limestone - Wikipedia

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    Shelly limestone is a sedimentary rock because it is made up of fragments. To be shelly, it is full of broken shells which are "glued" together with calcite. Calcium carbonate often makes up around 10% of the volume, whilst many varied sized shells from granular to very large pebbles. [clarification needed] Its color is gray.

  5. Roberts Island complex - Wikipedia

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    Roberts Island divides Crystal River and Salt River, a distributary of Crystal River, as they diverge. Both rivers are tidal. [1] The site is 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) downstream from the Crystal River archaeological site, [2] Roberts Island has Hallandale-Rock Outcrop as the primary soil type, with some areas of soil produced by prehistoric human activities. [1]

  6. Crushed stone - Wikipedia

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    Crushed stone or angular rock is a form of construction aggregate, typically produced by mining a suitable rock deposit and breaking the removed rock down to the desired size using crushers. It is distinct from naturally occurring gravel , which is produced by natural processes of weathering and erosion and typically has a more rounded shape.

  7. Derbyshire Dome - Wikipedia

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    A cross section of the Peak District showing the structure of an eroded dome The Derbyshire Dome is a geological formation across mid- Derbyshire in England. Geology Map of the Peak District The White Peak area of the Peak District is named after the limestone plateau landscape of the 'Derbyshire Dome' anticline. The plateau is generally between 200m and 300m above sea level. This limestone ...

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