interbedded

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English bedded
English interbedded

    From inter- + bedded.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    interbedded (not comparable)

    1. (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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