Old Red Sandstone
Britishnoun
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a thick sequence of sedimentary rock (generally, but not always, red) deposited in Britain and NW Europe during the Devonian period
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(in Britain) another term for Devonian
Example Sentences
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At the time, this terrain lay far from the arctic, at lower latitudes, locked in the arid interior of a landmass called the Old Red Sandstone Continent.
From Science Magazine • May 27, 2020
Geology.—The east of this county lies in the Carboniferous Limestone plain, with domes of Old Red Sandstone rising near Dunmore and Mount Bellew.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
Catskill red sandstone; Old Red Sandstone type: the strata below show the Devonian type.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
Below these, we have the Old Red Sandstone or Devonian System, with its peculiar fishes and other fossils.
From The Plurality of Worlds by Hitchcock, Edward
Last of all in Tertiary times, east and west rifts in the Old Red Sandstone were filled by basalt dikes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
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