arenaceous

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The arenaceous deposits of the series, namely, resemble those of the Permian, not only in being commonly red or variegated in their colour, but also in their conspicuous paucity of organic remains.

From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Nicholson, Henry Alleyne

But there are other reasons for the comparative paucity of fossils in arenaceous strata, as we shall see presently.

From Geology by Geikie, James

There was little grass about the river for the ferruginous finely-grained sandstone formed still the riverbank, and was exactly similar to the arenaceous rock on the eastern coast.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell, Thomas

I found myself when I entered in a gloomy chamber hewn out of a brown arenaceous clay.

From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh

Calcareous and arenaceous rocks, of which the mountains surrounding Etna are composed, and which appear capped with lava near Bronte and elsewhere.

From Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions by Rodwell, G. F.