Crossword-Solution: VADOSE
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Above the water table | 1 answer |
| Extending a short distance below the surface: Geol. | 1 answer |
| Of underground springs: Geol. | 1 answer |
| of or derived from water occurring above the water table | 1 answer |
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Form of quartz with coloured bands
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Hint 1 meaning
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting
various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged
in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
Hint 2 anagram
EGAAT
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with VADOSE (5)
The space between the water table and the earth's surface is sometimes referred to as the _vadose zone_ or the _zone of weathering_, since it is the belt in which weathering processes are most active.
Between the water table and the surface is the _vadose zone_, in which the spaces are partly filled with water and partly filled with air.
Seeping further through the vadose zone and down to the water table, this water carries many times the normal amount of carbon dioxide found in the atmosphere.
The basic excavation process was completed except for a few minor changes: In some places, vadose water continued to dissolve away portions of the cave ceilings into dome shapes.
Reaching the caverns, drops of vadose water evaporated into the air and left their load of calcium carbonate as thin layers of solid mineral.
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Appears in: Crossroads, NYT.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1942–2003).