occurring between beds, esp (of lava flows or sills) occurring between strata of a different origin or character
interbedded in American English
(ˌintərˈbedɪd)
adjective
(of a rock, mineral, etc.)
lying between beds or strata of a different rock or mineral; interstratified
Word origin
[1870–75; inter- + bed + -ed3]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Mafia, billing, giveaway, immobilize, onshore-ed is a suffix forming adjectives from nouns. Other words that use the affix -ed include: bearded, monied, tender-hearted
Examples of 'interbedded' in a sentence
interbedded
The experimental results would make some contributions to the development of tight sandstone–coal interbedded reservoirs.
Peng Tan, Yan Jin, Liang Yuan, Zhen-Yu Xiong, Bing Hou, Mian Chen, Li-Ming Wan 2019, 'Understanding hydraulic fracture propagation behavior in tight sandstone–coal interbeddedformations: an experimental investigation', Petroleum Sciencehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12182-018-0297-z. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Interbedded siltstones and subarkosic sandstones ("lower member") are locally overlain by coral-bearing patch reefs ("middle member").
EDUARDO GARZANTI, ALDA NICORA, ANDREA TINTORI 2017, 'TRIASSIC STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTARY EVOLUTION OF THE ANNAPURNA TETHYS HIMALAYA (MANANGAREA, CENTRAL NEPAL)', Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafiahttps://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/8612. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The rock unit can be divided into four geotechnical units namely arenaceous unit, argillaceous unit, interbedded unit, and sheared unit.
Ismail Abd Rahim, Baba Musta 2018, 'The Stability of Metasedimentary Rock in Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia', Indonesian Journal on Geosciencehttps://ijog.geologi.esdm.go.id/index.php/IJOG/article/view/276. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)