interbedded

[in-ter-bed-id]

adjective (of a rock, mineral, etc.)

lying between beds or strata of a different rock or mineral; interstratified.

Origin of interbedded

First recorded in 1870–75; inter- + bed + -ed³

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Historical Examples of interbedded

The coal is found, as already described, interbedded with shales and sandstones.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884
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Followed along their outcrop such rocks sooner or later become mixed and interbedded with ordinary sedimentary matter.
Fragments of Earth Lore
James Geikie
Near Lithgow extensive deposits of limonite, or clay-band ore, are interbedded with coal.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 8
Various
In the Little Cumbrae they appear on the east side, where they underlie and are interbedded with the lavas.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8
Various
The chief rocks of the Campbell Rand series are limestones and dolomites, with some interbedded quartzites.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2
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British Dictionary definitions for interbedded

interbedded

adjective

geology occurring between beds, esp (of lava flows or sills) occurring between strata of a different origin or character

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