solid rock
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Experts estimate that the subterranean complex reaches 300 to 450 feet deep beneath solid rock, with enough room to accommodate several nuclear-related facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
As molten rock rises into the lithosphere, it mixes with surrounding solid rock and forms a highly viscous magma mush.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
The earth the dinosaurs once trod is now a massive expanse of solid rock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
In the borderlands of south Lebanon, Hezbollah has spent the last 18 years preparing tunnels and positions in solid rock.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024
The laboratory to which Mr. Loomis reported the next day was eighty feet underground, a place as big as a house, hollowed out of a mountainside of solid rock.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
