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Meanings of calcareous tufa in anglès

Freshwater calcium carbonate.

        Usage of calcareous tufa in anglès
        1
        The formation is soft calcareous tufa, such as forms the bottom of all this basin.
        Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
        2
        The valley, which gradually widens, is bordered with hills of calcareous tufa, called here tierra blanca.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        3
        The fossil bones which lie in the calcareous tufa of this region will yet, we hope, reveal the ancient fauna.
        Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
        4
        Formed of calcareous tufa
        The Western United States: A Geographical Reader
        5
        These rocks, in the southern part of the country especially, are often covered with twelve or fifteen feet of soft calcareous tufa.
        Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
        6
        "It's calcareous tufa I'm a-wearing, wove on me by exudation and accretion in the past two thousand years."
        Tales of the Chesapeake
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