Intertrappean
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Intertrappean is an adjective meaning (geology) Between successive basaltic lava flows.
Meaning
(geology) Between successive basaltic lava flows.
Example Sentences
The fossil crocodilian eggshells reported from Late Cretaceous intertrappean beds, Bombay [34 ], differ from the present eggshells in being thinner (~.35 mm) showing distinct mammillary layer and with diverging micro crystallites.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include intereruptive, interplinian, interavalanche, intercrater, intertrap, infratrappean.
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