interbedded

American  

[in-ter-bed-id] / ˌɪn tərˈbɛd ɪd /

adjective

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

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interbedded British  

/ ˌɪntəˈbɛdɪd /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of interbedded

First recorded in 1870–75; inter- + bed + -ed ³

Example Sentences

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interbedded

"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

The coal is found, as already described, interbedded with shales and sandstones.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various

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 Norton, William Harmon

These are dark slates and thin-bedded grits with enormous masses of interbedded igneous rocks, lavas and ashes, the product of contemporaneous volcanoes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

They lie upon an eroded Cenomanian surface and are to some extent interbedded with Upper Cretaceous sediments.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various