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- noun Plural form of
duricrust .
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So-called "duricrusts" are common on Earth (and have been found on Mars), but the team has yet to find a meandering stream flowing through one.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The sand movement corridors along the Atlantic Coast are edaphically complex, associated with soil development from mobile sand to old red sands underlain by duricrusts.
Succulent Karoo 2008
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In the Kynuna-Winton area of Queensland, mesas formed by resistant tertiary duricrusts are vegetated by stands of lancewood (Acacia shirleyi) and low eucalypt communities with a spinifex (Triodia spp.) groundcover.
Mitchell grass downs 2007
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Mesas capped by Tertiary duricrusts also occur in Western Queensland near Kynuna and Winton, and lateritic surfaces remain in areas of the Barkly Tableland and southeastern Queensland downs.
Mitchell grass downs 2007
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