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cap carbonate

cap carbonate noun: a carbonate unit immediately overlaying a glacial diamictite, found only in sediments deposited immediately after a Snowball Earth episode.

Noun

cap carbonate (plural cap carbonates)

  1. A carbonate unit immediately overlaying a glacial diamictite, found only in sediments deposited immediately after a Snowball Earth episode.

Forms of cap carbonate

pluralcap carbonates

Questions about cap carbonate

What does cap carbonate mean?
Cap carbonate means a carbonate unit immediately overlaying a glacial diamictite, found only in sediments deposited immediately after a Snowball Earth episode.
What part of speech is cap carbonate?
Cap carbonate is a noun.
What is the plural of cap carbonate?
The plural of cap carbonate is cap carbonates.

Words near cap carbonate in the dictionary

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