interbedded
English
Etymology
From inter- + bedded.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪntɚˈbɛdəd/
Adjective
interbedded (not comparable)
- (geology) Occurring between beds of rock.
- 2007, Bernhard Hubmann, Fossil Corals and Sponges: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Graz 2003:
- They are regarded as distal turbidites and are interbedded with bioclastic limestones and massive breccioid limestones containing blocks of coral colonies and intraclasts that are regarded as proximal turbidites.
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