Definition of intercalation in English:
intercalation
noun
See intercalate
‘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.’
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