interbedded

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ bedded.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

interbedded (not comparable)

1. (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.