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Keuper

Keuper proper noun: a lithostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) in the subsurface of large parts of west and central Europe, consisting of dolomite, shales or claystones and evaporites that were deposited during the Middle and Late Triassic epochs (about 220 million years ago).

Proper noun

the Keuper

  1. A lithostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) in the subsurface of large parts of west and central Europe, consisting of dolomite, shales or claystones and evaporites that were deposited during the Middle and Late Triassic epochs (about 220 million years ago).

Questions about Keuper

What does Keuper mean?
Keuper means a lithostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) in the subsurface of large parts of west and central Europe, consisting of dolomite, shales or claystones and evaporites that were deposited during the Middle and Late Triassic epochs (about 220 million years ago).
What part of speech is Keuper?
Keuper is a proper noun.

Words near Keuper in the dictionary

  1. ketupats
  2. Keturah
  3. Ketuvim
  4. ketyl
  5. ketyls
  6. Keuper
  7. keurboom
  8. keurbooms
  9. keurtjie
  10. keurtjies
  11. Keutel syndrome

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