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interbedded

/in-ter-bed-id/US // ˌɪn tərˈbɛd ɪd //UK // (ˌɪntəˈbɛdɪd) //

夹层,层叠式,层间,夹层的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

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

Examples

  • Cherty quartzites interbedded with mylonites occur on the flanks of the Nandi hills, but their age is not known.

  • Interbedded with the Triassic sandstones are contemporaneous lava beds which were fed from dikes.

  • Sheets of igneous rock are interbedded with the strata and many dikes of igneous rocks cut through the whole combination.

  • Near Lithgow extensive deposits of limonite, or clay-band ore, are interbedded with coal.

  • In the Little Cumbrae they appear on the east side, where they underlie and are interbedded with the lavas.