interbedded

[ in-ter-bed-id ]

adjective

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

interbedded

/ ˌɪntəˈbɛdɪd /

adjective

1. geology occurring between beds, esp (of lava flows or sills) occurring between strata of a different origin or character

Word History and Origins

Origin of interbedded¹

First recorded in 1870–75; inter- + bed + -ed ³

Example Sentences

"Sarlacc's Pit" is a "striped karst", marble interbedded with rock units containing less marble, which gives the rock a striped look.

From BBC

After a few million years of repeated re-flooding and evaporation, about 10,000 square miles of salt and sediment were precipitated, 2,000 feet of which are particularly pure and massive salt, massive meaning not interbedded with silts and sands like most other salt deposits.

From Forbes

Darwin did not share this vision of uprising volcanoes; in part the model proposed very fast rates of elevation and Darwin was convinced from his observations of lava flows interbedded with sediments that volcanoes form by episodic smaller eruptions.

From Scientific American

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

From Project Gutenberg

Moreover, beds of salt and gypsum are regularly found in red beds, and they can scarcely originate except in deserts, or in shallow almost landlocked bays on the coasts of deserts, as appears to have happened in the Silurian where marine fossils are found interbedded with gypsum.

From Project Gutenberg