Continuous solid rock that underlies regolith and is exposed at outcrops.
The more or less solid rock in place either on or beneath the surface of the Earth. It may be soft or hard and have a smooth or irregular surface.
( Ped.) The solid rock underlying soils and the regolith or exposed at the surface without a cover. (SSSA).
Rock still attached to the Earth's crust.
Bedrock - A general term for any consolidated rock, commonly applied in Nebraska to pre-Miocene rocks.
The solid rock that beneath loose material, such as soil, sand, or gravel.
The continuous solid rock of the continental crust. Bedrock can be found anywhere from the surface to hundreds of feet below ground. Bedrock can be solid or it can contain numerous cracks (fractures). Groundwater and chemicals can move through fractured bedrock.
Unexposed rocks of the Earth's crust below the soil. At times they penetrate the surface.
solid rock relatively unchanged by weather processes
Solid rock present beneath any soil, sediment or other surface cover. In some locations it may be exposed at Earth's surface.
general term for the solid rock at or near the surface that underlies soil or other unconsolidated materials.
rock that lies beneath all the soil and loose rocks on the Earth's surface. It is the Earth's crust.
Solid rock underlying soil or other unconsolidated materials, or appearing at the surface where these are absent -- also called a ledge.
Any solid rocks exposed at the surface or overlain by unconsolidated materials.
Rock of relatively great thickness and extent in its native location. May be overlain by soil or exposed to the surface.
Solid rock that lies beneath the soil. In karstlands the bedrock, often limestone, is soluble (can be dissolved) by the chemical action of carbonic acid and is referred to as soluble bedrock.
The solid rock (sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic) that underlies the unconsolidated (non-indurated) surface materials (for example, soil, sand, gravel, glacial till, etc.).
Hard rock beneath a superficial cover of soils and sediments.
(1) In a cave, a portion of the native rock strata that has not undergone collapse. The walls and roof of caves are often in bedrock. (2) In karst, the rock that underlies the limestone strata.
The solid rock that underlies unlithified sediment of glacial and other origins.
solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil
a term used to describe the solid rock that underlies soil or other unconsolidated material.
The firm base rock on which structures are anchored.
A general term for the consolidated (solid) rock that underlies soil or other unconsolidated surficial material.
The solid rock that lies under unconsolidated deposits of soil, sand, clay, and gravel on the earth's surface.
solid rock underlying soil, gravel or loose boulders; the Canadian Shield is composed of bedrock
The solid rock layer beneath sand or silt
the solid rock beneath the looser soils of the earth's surface
solid or fractured rock usually underlying unconsolidated geologic materials; bedrock may be exposed at the land surface
The natural, more or less undisturbed rock in the foundation of a dam.
The layer of rock below the subsoil that is used to create soil.
It is the layer of solid rock which is found underneath the soil.
the solid rock under deposits of gravels, sands, soil and silt.
The firm base rock to which is anchored the geological structure of interest to petroleum geologists.
Solid rock that has been unaffected by the processes of weathering.
A subsurface layer of earth that is suitable to support a structure.
The solid rock that underlies soil or other unconsolidated, unlithified superficial material.
Unweathered hard rock at the base of a soil profile.
A fixed rock formation, which may be exposed to view or covered by soil, vegetation, or sediments.
Rock underlying soil and other unconsolidated material
Any solid rock exposed at the Earth's surface or overlain by unconsolidated material, such as soil. Often at or near the surface in the BWCA.
a general term for any consolidated rock List of Glossary Terms
Solid layers of rock in the Earth's crust beneath soil.
solid rock underlying gold-bearing gravel.
A general term for consolidated (solid) rock that underlies soils or other unconsolidated materials. See Formation.
The solid, but often fractured and fissured, rock formations that occur beneath soils, unconsolidated sediment deposits or weathered materials. Exposed bare rock is bedrock at the surface. Sediments or weathered material overlying bedrock is sometimes called regolith or overburden.
A general term for the rock, usually solid, that underlies soil or other unconsolidated, superficial material. A British synonym of the adjectival form is solid, as in solid geology.
The solid rock underneath surface soils.
A more or less solid layer of rock found on the surface of the land or below the soil.
The first layer of solid rock found either at or below the land surface.
The continuous, solid rock that underlies soil and loose sediment everywhere.
a general term for the consolidated rock that underlies soils or other unconsolidated surficial materials.
A general term for the rock that underlies the soil and water table. It may hold some water either because it is fractured or is porous.
The solid rock found on the surface of the land or just below the soil
solid rock beneath superficial soil cover and unconsolidated sediments
the solid rock that underlies the soil and other unconsolidated material or that is exposed at the Earth's surface.
Consolidated rock composed of cemented or lithified sediments (such as sandstone, shale, limestone) or crystalline rock such as granite or slate. Underlies all surfical soil, sand, gravel, clay, etc.
The solid rock that underlies all soil, sand, clay, gravel and other loose materials on the earth's surface. Unfractured bedrock is impermeable while fractured bedrock may store and transmit groundwater.
the solid rock underlying the soil and other loose rock material on the Earth's surface.
Originally, this referred to the solid rock bottom of a stream or river. A false bedrock is formed when the feldspar portion of eroded rocks gathers and settles. creating a tough clay or cemented-gravel. The largest quantities of gold are generally recovered within a couple of feet above bedrock.
Continuous solid rock either exposed at the surface of the earth or overlain by a concealing cover of loose material such as that deposited by glaciers, water or wind.
The solid rock underlying unconsolidated surface materials, such as soil.
The solid layers of rock found under sand, dirt or water.
the solid rock underlying the surface materials (soils)
Large quantities of solid rock which form the primary composition of the crust.
Solid rock forming the earth's crust, frequently covered by soil or water.
n. The general term referring to the rock underlying other unconsolidated material, i.e. soil.
Rock substrate that underlies all soil, sand, clay, gravel, and glacial material on the earth's surface.
the layer of rock that lies just beneath the soil at the Earth's surface
cemented or consolidated earth materials exposed on the earth's surface or underlying unconsolidated earth materials, including decomposed and weathered rock and saprolite (soft, completely or partially decomposed rock that has remained in its original site)
The solid rock that underlies all soil or other loose material; the rock material that breaks down to eventually form soil.
Relatively hard, solid rock that commonly underlies softer rock, sediment, or soil; a subset of the basement.
the solid rock beneath the soil and superficial rock. A general term for solid rock that lies beneath soil, loose sediments, or other unconsolidated material.
Any solid rock underlying gold bearing gravels. This is the base rock of the earth and is usually where the larger gold lies.
The solid rock that underlies soil and the regolith or that is exposed at the surface.
A general term for the solid rock that underlies the soil and other unconsolidated material or that is exposed at the surface.
Unbroken solid rock, overlain in most places by soil or rock fragments.
A general term for the rock (e.g., basalt*) that underlies the soil or other unconsolidated, surficial material.
Solid earth materials (limestone, sandstone, shale, etc.) exposed at the land surface or overlain by unconsolidated soil materials such as clay, sand, and gravel.
A general term referring to rock that underlies unconsolidated material.
The solid rock that underlies any unconsolidated sediment or soil. Limestone and sandstone are common types of bedrock in Kansas. Most Kansas bedrock is in formations of Cretaceous age or older.
Rock underlying surface deposits of soil and weathered or broken rock; usually material which is so stiff and strong that it is easily able to carry foundation loads.
A mining term for the unweathered rock below soil and drift cover.
hard-packed rock lying below the Earth's surface; lies in beds or layers; can be variable across geographic space; above bedrock is a layer of broken, weathered rock.
Rock at or near (beneath soil and regolith) the Earth's surface that is solid and relatively unweathered.
the solid rock underlying gravel, sand, slay, etc.; any solid rock exposed at the surface of the earth or overlain by unconsolidated material. AGI
Soil with solid rock underneath which provides a foundation on which to construct a building.
Bedrock is the native consolidated rock underlying the Earth's surface. Above the bedrock is usually an area of broken and weathered unconsolidated rock in the basal subsoil. The term implies that the rock lies in beds, or strata.