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interbedded -- adj. Describes beds (layers) of rock lying between or alternating with beds of a different kind of rock.
Geology consists of steeply dipping interbedded Ordovician siltstones, shales and phyllites, with some schists and quartzites. The general strike is south-west, and the dip angle is 75° (Raymond, unpub.).
 See also: Sediment, Surface, Area, Outcrop, Deposition
  
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