Oxford English and Spanish Dictionary, Synonyms, and Spanish to English Translator

Definition of intercalation in English:

‘Near the base of the succession there are local intercalations of thin-bedded pink micritic limestone, up to 20 cm thick.’

‘Most of the unit is composed of intercalations of differently coloured, pervasively foliated, purplish red or bluish grey varicoloured calcareous shales.’
‘The sediments form both relatively thick formations and thin intercalations between basalts.’
‘Epiclastic intercalations are present, but rare.’
‘In places, intercalations of sandstone have mylonitic fabrics.’