Definition of interbed in English:
interbed
verb ɪntəˈbɛdˈin(t)ərˌbed
be interbeddedGeology (of a stratum) be embedded among or between others.
Example sentencesExamples
- The emeralds are found in black calcareous shales interbedded with limestones of Cretaceous age.
- They are interbedded with bioturbated muddy and sandy limestones, quartz-skeletal siltstones and sandstones.
- Il is composed of gray, greenish shales interbedded with silty mudstones and siltstones.
- It contains over 50 chest beds which are interbedded with shales, carbonaceous sandstones and minor tuffs.
- The section is dominated by quartzose grey and pink sandstone, interbedded with red-orange mudstones.