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What does bedrock mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock that exists at some depth below the ground surface. Bedrock is rock "in place", as opposed to material that has been transported from another location by weathering and erosion.
  2. A basis or foundation.
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Because of the ice cover over most of the continent, only a few sites are actually available at which bedrock is exposed at the surface.
Blast-enhanced fracturing is a process used at sites with fractured bedrock formations.
Big bare spots opened, where whalebacks of naked bedrock reared up and plunged into ponds.
The bedrock is dolomite with pH of 7-8, which is 15-24 m below the surface.
A shallow shaft was excavated to bedrock, followed by drilling and blasting.
Exposed layering is steepest in the northern flanks of the dome where it parallels the outer slopes of the bedrock collar.

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