Baserock
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Baserock is a noun meaning The layer of hardrock that lies beneath any surface soil, clay, silt, gravel, and/or sedimentary rock.
Meaning
The layer of hardrock that lies beneath any surface soil, clay, silt, gravel, and/or sedimentary rock.
Example Sentences
The crack extends down to the baserock and up to the dam crest.
When the baserock appears at the surface, it is called a rock outcrop.
The main difference of the aforementioned attenuation models is that the latter refers to calculations of seismic motion at the surface of the earth, whereas Midorikawa's refers to calculations at the seismic baserock, where seismic baserock is an ideal structure in earthquake engineering.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include subterrain, bedrock, rockhead, caliche, basement, regolith.
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