| 释义 |
interˈfinger, v. Geol.
[inter- 1 b.]
intr. Of strata, sediments, etc.: to interdigitate (with). So interˈfingering ppl. a.
1921A. W. Grabau Textbk. Geol. II. xxxvi. 441 (caption) The source of the black mud is the land on the south from which it was repeatedly washed into the sea, interfingering with clastics derived from the east. 1960New Scientist 23 June 1609/1 Detailed geological mapping of interfingering and overlapping lava flows. 1965G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. xiii. 205/2 The granitic facies of the Hawks Crag Breccia nearby and the interfingering facies containing both granite and greywacke components were quickly found to contain uranium minerals. 1971Nature 28 May 247/1 The lower part of this lacustrine sequence interfingers with about 20 m of fluvio-deltaic sediments. |