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white lias

noun

  1. a type of rock composed of pale-coloured limestones and marls See also Lias
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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This limestone occurs in irregular masses near the base of the White Lias, or uppermost division of the Rhaetic series.

They resemble in their aspect the yellowish white lias of Bath, but their geological place is much higher than the lias.

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