Portland stone is a limestone geological formation (formally named the Portland Stone Formation) dating to the Tithonian age of the Late Jurassic that...

inventor of "modern" portland cement due to his developments in the 1840s. The low cost and widespread availability of the limestone, shales, and other...

the bands of rock are quite narrow. Originally a band of resistant Portland limestone ran along the shore, the same band that appears one mile along the...

of high-quality quarried limestone, called Indiana limestone. Many famous buildings in London are built from Portland limestone. Houses built in Odesa in...

fallback Portland stone – Limestone quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England Portland Admiralty Roach – Rock type Bowers Basebed Portland Bowers...

Dorset is situated on a concordant coastline. The outer hard rock is Portland limestone. The sea has broken through this barrier and easily eroded the clays...

and east Devon coast, important for its geology and landforms. Portland stone, a limestone famous for its use in British and world architecture, including...

running north from the Portland limestone of Durlston Head is a clear example of a discordant coastline. The Portland limestone is resistant to erosion;...

the point of liquefaction) limestone and aluminosilicate materials such as clay during the cement kiln stage. The Portland clinker essentially consists...

have been eroded. A narrow (less than 30 metres (98 ft)) band of Portland limestone rocks forms the shoreline. Behind this is a narrow (less than 50 metres...

Atlas Cement Company. Company's brand products include Ashaka branded Portland limestone cement produced in Gombe State, Elephant and Superset cement produced...

Look up Portland or portland in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Portland most commonly refers to: Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the U.S. state...

Purbeck Hills is protected from coastal erosion by a band of resistant Portland limestone. Where this band ends, at Durlston Head, the clay and chalk behind...

ISBN 1-85471-044-3. Oolitic limestones … are among the most popular building stones and include Portland stone and Bath stone "Miami Limestone". USGS. Retrieved...

consists of fresh-water and terrestrial deposits, marls, and limestones (the famous Portland limestone) with several fossil soils known as dirt beds. This division...

include limestones, dolomitic sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone. It is divided into two formations, the Portland Stone Formation (or 'Portland Limestone Formation')...

Ashton Memorial in Lancaster. It originates from Independent quarries on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. List of types of limestone v t e v t e...

is often found close to seams of Portland Limestone (e.g. Abbotsbury in Dorset, England). It is a younger limestone than its near-neighbour, the Oolitic...

a tall square tower in a decorated Gothic style, topped by a tall Portland limestone pinnacle bearing a sundial, supported by columns of pink Shap granite...

on the east side of Parliament Buildings. It is a solid block of Portland limestone with stepped top and corners on a shallow plinth base, set on a stepped...

of limestone for the building, which in turn resulted from a heavy snow at the British limestone quarries that were supplying the building's Portland limestone...

manufacture of Portland cement (approximately 60%) are produced from the chemical decomposition of limestone to lime, an ingredient in Portland cement clinker...

; Whyte, M. A. (1995). "Phosphatized soft tissues in bivalves from the Portland Roach of Dorset (Upper Jurassic)". Geological Magazine. 132: 117. doi:10...

Jurassic rocks, including Portland limestone and the Purbeck beds. The latter include Purbeck Marble, a particularly hard limestone that can be polished (though...

onshore oilfield lies under the south-east of the county. Portland stone and Purbeck limestone have both been quarried for centuries to provide construction...

member is a shaley limestone. The Jeffersonville Limestone is a coarse grained, dark gray, thick bedded, fossiliferous limestone. Quarries in Pulaski...

derogatory comments from King George III, Pitt clad the house in Portland limestone. The building faces south, and has a projecting central section. The...

Magnesian Limestone Portland stone Portland Admiralty Roach Portland Bowers Basebed Portland Bowers Lynham Whitbed Portland Bowers Saunders Whitbed Portland Grove...

levels of clinker substitution. Limestone Calcined Clay Cement is a low-carbon alternative to the standard Portland cement. LC3 can reduce CO2 emissions...

outside structure were built of local Cornish granite, while lighter Portland limestone masonry was used on the inside. As part of the construction process...