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
The terrestrial and lacustrine equivalents are known as the Old Red Sandstone.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
They had Hugh Miller's Old Red Sandstone in green, and Selected Sayings of Marcus Aurelius in brown, and others in various colours; but it was the red that struck the eye at the greater distance.
From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver
The Upper Old Red Sandstone is found only in one spot about a mile north of Arbroath.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
Author Old Red Sandstone, Footprints of the Creator, etc., works which greatly helped to popularize the study of geology.
From A Brief Handbook of English Authors by Adams, Oscar Fay
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