interbedded

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ bedded.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ɪntɚˈbɛdəd/

Adjective

interbedded (not comparable)

(geology) Occurring between beds of rock.
- 2007, Bernhard Hubmann, Fossil Corals and Sponges: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Graz 2003:
  They are regarded as distal turbidites and are interbedded with bioclastic limestones and massive breccioid limestones containing blocks of coral colonies and intraclasts that are regarded as proximal turbidites.

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