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Zechstein

Zechstein proper noun: a unit of sedimentary rock layers of Middle to Late Permian age located in the Permian Basin (Europe), corresponding to the Lopingian (epoch).

Proper noun

Zechstein

  1. A unit of sedimentary rock layers of Middle to Late Permian age located in the Permian Basin (Europe), corresponding to the Lopingian (epoch).
    • Sedimentation rates in the Zechstein were variable. In general, during periods of carbonate and anhydrite deposition on the shelves, slow sedimentation rates characterized the sediment- starved basinal areas.2008, Tom McCann, The Geology of Central Europe: Precambrian and palaeozoic

Origin of Zechstein

From German Zechstein

Questions about Zechstein

What does Zechstein mean?
Zechstein means a unit of sedimentary rock layers of Middle to Late Permian age located in the Permian Basin (Europe), corresponding to the Lopingian (epoch).
What part of speech is Zechstein?
Zechstein is a proper noun.

Words near Zechstein in the dictionary

  1. Zechi-Ceide syndrome
  2. zechin
  3. zechins
  4. Zechman
  5. Zechmans
  6. Zechstein
  7. zechut
  8. Zeckendorf's theorem
  9. Zecolsav
  10. ZECs
  11. zed

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