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olistostromes

olistostromes is the plural of olistostrome.

Meaning of olistostrome

Noun

olistostrome (plural olistostromes)

  1. A sedimentary deposit composed of a chaotic mass of heterogeneous material, such as blocks and mud, known as olistoliths, that accumulates as a semifluid body by submarine gravity sliding or slumping of the unconsolidated sediments.

Questions about olistostromes

What is olistostromes the plural of?
Olistostromes is the plural of olistostrome.

Words near olistostromes in the dictionary

  1. olistolites
  2. olistolith
  3. olistoliths
  4. olistostromal
  5. olistostrome
  6. olistostromes
  7. olistostromic
  8. OLith.
  9. olitiau
  10. olitories
  11. olitorin

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