chalk bed

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A natural layer of chalk in the ground.

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  • Geologists discovered an extensive chalk bed beneath the farmland.
  • The foundations of the house were built on a solid chalk bed.
  • Water from the aquifer filters through a thick chalk bed.
  • The ancient chalk bed contains numerous well-preserved fossils.
  • The soil's high pH is due to the underlying chalk bed.
  • Over centuries, the river eroded the landscape, exposing the chalk bed.
  • They drilled a core sample to analyze the composition of the deep chalk bed.
  • Construction was delayed when they hit an unexpectedly hard chalk bed.
  • The proposed tunnel will have to go directly through a massive chalk bed.
  • Below the topsoil, a porous chalk bed provides excellent drainage for the vineyard.