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tufa in Finnish

tufa in Finnish is lähdekalkki — tufa means a soft, chalky rock formed when minerals settle out of water, for example from a hot spring.

tufa in Finnish

lähdekalkki
noun
Calcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a body of water, such as a hot spring.

What does "tufa" mean?

  1. noun A soft, chalky rock formed when minerals settle out of water, for example from a hot spring.
    "Resedimented tufas also contribute where erosion has washed detritus from other hillside tufa deposits."
  2. noun A type of rock formed from volcanic ash, also called tuff.
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tufa in a sentence

  • Resedimented tufas also contribute where erosion has washed detritus from other hillside tufa deposits.
  • The tufas at Tianshengqiao have different shapes in different development stages and in different structural sections.

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What is "tufa" in Finnish?
"tufa" in Finnish is lähdekalkki. tufa means: A soft, chalky rock formed when minerals settle out of water, for example from a hot spring.
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