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intertrappean

intertrappean adjective: between successive basaltic lava flows.

Adjective

intertrappean (not comparable)

  1. Between successive basaltic lava flows
    • 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.2015 December 8, “Crocodilian Nest in a Late Cretaceous Sauropod Hatchery from the Type Lameta Ghat Locality, Jabalpur, India”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of intertrappean

From inter- + trappean.

Questions about intertrappean

What does intertrappean mean?
Intertrappean means between successive basaltic lava flows.
What part of speech is intertrappean?
Intertrappean is an adjective.

Words near intertrappean in the dictionary

  1. intertransmissible
  2. intertransmission
  3. intertranspicuous
  4. intertransverse
  5. intertrap
  6. intertrappean
  7. intertreatment
  8. intertree
  9. intertrial
  10. intertribal
  11. intertribally

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