Caprock vs Caprock - What's the difference?
caprock | caprock |
(geology) A harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 3, author=James Glanz, title=Energy Company Calls Halt to Drilling Project, work=New York Times
, passage=Last month, federal scientists said that the company had fallen far behind schedule because a huge rig hired to drill down about 12,000 feet, or more than two miles, on federal land had not been able to pierce surface formations called caprock . }} (geology) A harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 3, author=James Glanz, title=Energy Company Calls Halt to Drilling Project, work=New York Times
, passage=Last month, federal scientists said that the company had fallen far behind schedule because a huge rig hired to drill down about 12,000 feet, or more than two miles, on federal land had not been able to pierce surface formations called caprock . }}
In geology|lang=en terms the difference between caprock and caprock
is that caprock is (geology) a harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type while caprock is (geology) a harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.As nouns the difference between caprock and caprock
is that caprock is (geology) a harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type while caprock is (geology) a harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.caprock
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* cap rockNoun
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caprock
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* cap rockNoun
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