Purbeck beds

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:22:25

Pur"beck beds` (?). [So called from the Isle of Purbeck in England.] Geol.

The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone, belonging to the Oolitic group. See the Chart of Geology.

 

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