1. outcropping - Noun
2. outcropping - Verb
Derived from outcrop
the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
Source: WordNetAbove the water, the animals populate every rocky outcropping, lying prostrate in the sun. Source: Internet
Actually a huge 70-foot-high rocky outcropping, Newquay appears to be an island when the tide is in, but you can walk right up to it when the water recedes. Source: Internet
The Newmont program was specifically designed to test for Carlin-style deposits within the Caracol Formation which underlies the Ahuichila Formation conglomerate and did not target the outcropping epithermal breccias. Source: Internet
Punta Mita Resort (Pacifico), Riviera Nayarit, Mexico: Perhaps one of the more interesting greensites in the world is the optional green at Pacifico's par-3 third hole—with a green built out of an island outcropping 180 yards from the Pacific shore. Source: Internet
What awaits when you finally set foot on the rocky outcropping is a beautiful and formidable climb of 618 steps to the top, where monks once hid themselves away to be in closer communion with God. Source: Internet
Its 2 sources are diffusion downward from the mixed layer and lateral expansions outcropping strata (poleward); it contains about 58% of the total tritium. Source: Internet