outcrop
nounA portion of bedrock or other stratum protruding through the soil level.
intransitive verbTo protrude above the soil, as rock formations.
To crop out or up; specifically, in geology, to come out to the surface of the ground: said of strata.
nounThe appearing at the surface of a stratum or series of strata, or of a vein or ore-deposit of any kind.
nounThe coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground.
nounThat part of inclined strata which appears at the surface; basset.
intransitive verbTo come out to the surface of the ground; — said of strata.
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