单词 | salina |
释义 | salinan.1 A salt lake, pond, well, spring, or marsh; a salt-pan, salt-works. Also, a low, marshy area of land near the coast (originally Jamaican). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun] > other types pene-lake1668 salina1697 slough1714 salt lake1763 bayou1766 lagoon1769 cut-off1773 prairie1820 maar1826 boating lake1834 serpentine1837 soda lake1839 bitter lake1843 stream-lake1867 shott1878 crater-lake1879 playa1885 oxbow lake1887 kettle-hole lake1902 mortlake1902 oxbow1902 seepage lake1934 paternoster lake1942 soda pan1976 the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [noun] > salt or soda lake salinec1450 salt-pan1494 pan1573 salt-wich1610 salina1697 salt-pond1697 salt lake1763 natron lake1821 soda lake1839 bitter lake1843 shott1878 soda pan1976 the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > salt-marsh salt marshc1000 salinec1450 salt1621 salina1697 salt-pan1785 maremma1819 shott1878 pré salé1903 the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] > saline depression salinec1450 pan1494 salt-pan1494 salt-wich1610 salina1697 salt-pond1697 playa1854 sabkha1878 shor1888 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World ix. 265 A dry Salina, or Salt-pond. 1748 W. Brownrigg Art of making Common Salt 16 Salinas of the same kind have been taken notice of by travellers, in many other parts of the world. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 356 The Samphire of Jamaica... This plant is common in all the Salinas on the south side of Jamaica: it abounds with alkalious salts, but the manufacture of this commodity has not been yet attempted in that island. 1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica I. ii. iv. 474 In making roads to traverse the salinas, or level grounds adjacent to the sea, and in swampy places, a stratum should first be laid. 1811–12 W. J. Titford Sketches Hortus Botanicus Americanus 33 Herbaceous marsh samphire..grows in great plenty in Jamaica, on the Salinas and Marshes near the sea coast. 1829 W. Irving Chron. Conq. Granada II. lxxxviii. 312 El Zagal relinquished his right to one half of the salinas, or saltpits, of Maleha. 1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia v. 76 We rode past a long chain of salinas, which glittered and sparkled whitely in the sun. 1889 National Geographic Mag. I. iv. 334 Beyond the narrow gateway in the hills, less than three miles of level swampy salinas reach to the surf of the Pacific. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Salinan.2 Geology. Used attributively and absol. to designate a group of sub-stages of the upper Silurian in New York State and adjacent areas, characterized by thick shale formations that contain beds of rock-salt; of or pertaining to this group or the time when it was deposited. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > primary or Palaeozoic > Silurian > specific Salina1863 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [noun] > primary or Palaeozoic > Silurian > specific grauwacke1794 greywacke1805 Wenlock formation1834 Trenton1854 obolite grit1859 Salina1863 Downtonian1900 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. iii. ii. 246 With the opening of the Salina period there was a change by which shales or marls and marly sandstones, with some impure limestones, were formed over a portion of New York. 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 339/2 Upper Silurian... Salina Formation. Onendago salt group, nearly barren of fossils. 1895 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 4) 552 The Salina beds of shales and marlytes, or the Salt Group. 1905 H. Ries Econ. Geol. U.S. vi. 129 The vast beds of rock salt which occur in the Salina (Monroe) are exploited along the Detroit and St. Clair rivers. 1906 T. C. Chamberlin & R. D. Salisbury Geol. II. 388 Gypsum..is present in the Salina series. 1925 H. Ries & T. L. Watson Engin. Geol. (ed. 3) 663 Salina beds. 1949 C. O. Dunbar Hist. Geol. ix. 193 In central New York the salt-bearing shales of the Salina group..succeed the Niagaran limestone. 1960 R. L. Bates Geol. Industr. Rocks & Minerals vi. 216 An aggregate salt thickness of at least 1800 feet has been penetrated in oil test wells in the central part of the Michigan Basin, where the top of the Salina is some 8000 feet below the surface. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VIII. 810/3 The Salina Group consists of two shale formations that attain a thickness of more than 300 metres (1,000 feet). Derivatives Saˈlinan adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [adjective] > primary or Palaeozoic > Silurian > specific Taconic1842 Ludlovian1855 wenlockian1855 Salopian1869 Downtonian1879 Valentian1879 Gotlandian1909 Salinan1909 1909 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 17 245 (heading) The Middle Siluric or Salinan. 1924 C. Schuchert Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 2) II. xxi. 264 Cayugan or Upper Silurian..Salinan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11697n.21863 |
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