Cyclopsam
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cyclopsam is a noun meaning (geology) Alternate layers of sedimentary sand and mud formed in a glaciomarine environment.
Meaning
(geology) Alternate layers of sedimentary sand and mud formed in a glaciomarine environment.
Example Sentences
For example, the rhythmically interlaminated claystone with silt/sandstone facies in AND-1B are consistent with previously described cyclopsam and cyclopel facies from modern temperate to subpolar glacimarine environments in Alaska and the Greenland margin, where they are deposited in quiet-water basins by suspension settling from meltwater plumes 35, 36 .
Word Forms
- cyclopsams
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sandbody, lamination, olistostrome, intraclast, psammite, melange.
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