interbedded
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of interbedded
Example Sentences
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"Sarlacc's Pit" is a "striped karst", marble interbedded with rock units containing less marble, which gives the rock a striped look.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2018
In the Adirondack Mountains of New York and in the highlands of New Jersey, magnetites are interbedded and infolded with gneisses, granites, and metamorphic limestones.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
These pervious sands, interbedded with the lava, become the aquifers of artesian wells.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
Carboniferous Period.—Volcanic rocks occur amongst the coal-measures of England and Scotland, while they are also found interbedded with the Carboniferous Limestone series in Derbyshire, Scotland, and Co.
From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Edward Hull
Separated from it by an unconformity which does not appear in Figure 207, the lower division, seven thousand feet thick, consists chiefly of massive reddish sandstones with seven or more sheets of lava interbedded.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
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