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  • noun Plural form of outcrop.

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Examples

  • Area manager John Jarvis says one of the outcrops is a remnant of a major rock fall which closed the road for two weeks in September 2000.

    Radio New Zealand News Headlines 2010

  • Correlation between "outcrops" seemed good, except where local slumping and man-made disturbances had occurred.

    Update from The Lake Silver Fox 2008

  • It was not the loneliness of unfrequented nature, for there was a well-kept carriage road traversing its dreariness; and even when the hillside was clothed with scanty verdure, there were "outcrops" of smooth glistening weather-worn rocks showing like bare brown knees under the all too imperfectly kilted slopes.

    The Bell-Ringer of Angel's Bret Harte 1869

  • The estimate is based on detailed and reliable exploration, sampling and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes that are spaced closely enough to confirm both geological and grade continuity.

    unknown title 2009

  • The estimate is based on detailed and reliable exploration and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes that are spaced closely enough for geological and grade continuity to be reasonably assumed.

    unknown title 2009

  • The estimate is based on detailed and reliable exploration and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes that are spaced closely enough for geological and grade continuity to be reasonable assumed.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • The estimate is based on detailed and reliable exploration, sampling and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes that are spaced closely enough to confirm both geological and grade continuity.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • The estimate is based on limited information and sampling gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes.

    unknown title 2009

  • The estimate is based on limited information and sampling gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • The estimate is based on detailed and reliable exploration, sampling and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes that are spaced closely enough to confirm both geological and grade continuity.

    unknown title 2009

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