Bafflestone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bafflestone is a noun meaning A kind of calcareous rock where organisms have acted as baffles during deposition, reducing the local depositional energy.
Meaning
A kind of calcareous rock where organisms have acted as baffles during deposition, reducing the local depositional energy.
Example Sentences
The ingredients for recognizing a bafflestone are the presence of a large number of in-situ stalk-shaped fossils, and a good imagination on the part of the geologist.
Word Forms
- bafflestones
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bindstone, burrstone, floatstone, flowstone, burstone, nablock.
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