molassen.

Brit.

/mə(ʊ)ˈlas/, U.S.

/məˈlæs/,

/məˈlɑs/

Forms: 1700s 1900s– mollasse (now rare), 1800s– molasse.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French molasse.

Etymology: < French molasse, mollasse (1669, at first primarily in Swiss French, spreading to central French from the use by H. B. de Saussure in 1779), use as noun of molasse , adjective (a1630 in pierres molasses ), probably < classical Latin mollis (see moll adj. and n.¹) + French -asse , augmentative suffix ( < classical Latin -ācea , feminine of -āceus : see -aceous suffix), with form altered after French (regional) mole , variant of meule millstone (see mullet n.³). Compare post-classical Latin molacia (feminine) type of sandstone (1410 in a document from Geneva; also as molaci (ablative) 1411).

Geology.

Originally (formerly also with capital initial): a deposit of soft greenish sandstone mixed with marls and fossiliferous conglomerates, of Miocene to Oligocene age, found along the northern edge of the Alps. Later also (more generally): any thick paralic sedimentary deposit formed after a period of orogeny and consisting of soft, ungraded sandstones, shales, marls, etc.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > sandstone > others

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1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 99 Mollasse, a grey or yellowish grey stone, found in the neighbourhood of Lausanne, and various parts of France.

1827 R. Jameson tr. G. Cuvier Ess. Theory Earth (ed. 5) 97 Certain lignites and molasses do in fact contain them [sc. fossil remains of terrestrial mammifera].

1837 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 22 61 [Turkey] It is only necessary to cross a small molasse hill not exceeding 300 feet in height.

1886 J. Geikie Outl. Geol. 351 The lower portions of this Molasse pertain to the Oligocene.

1914 G. A. J. Cole Growth of Europe iii. 40 The Oligocene system of Switzerland includes much of the soft yellow sands and clays known locally as molasse (or mollasse).

1965 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. (rev. ed.) xxx. 1126 Related deposits also commonly occur in the depressions that develop in front of the rising mountains during the waning stages of an orogenic cycle, e.g...the molasse of the Swiss plain in front of the Alps.

1971 Nature 5 Feb. 385/1 Collision of the detached Indian and Australian blocks with Asia was marked by regression, thrusting, orogeny, and subsequent molasse deposition.

1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics ix. 183 During Cenozoic times the Altiplano received some 15 km of molasse from the Eastern and Western Cordilleras.

1995 Chem. Geol. 119 249/2 The Sb mineralization occurs in a Paleogene mollasse formation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	molasse
释义	molassen. Brit. /mə(ʊ)ˈlas/, U.S. /məˈlæs/, /məˈlɑs/ Forms: 1700s 1900s– mollasse (now rare), 1800s– molasse. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French molasse. Etymology: < French molasse, mollasse (1669, at first primarily in Swiss French, spreading to central French from the use by H. B. de Saussure in 1779), use as noun of molasse , adjective (a1630 in pierres molasses ), probably < classical Latin mollis (see moll adj. and n.¹) + French -asse , augmentative suffix ( < classical Latin -ācea , feminine of -āceus : see -aceous suffix), with form altered after French (regional) mole , variant of meule millstone (see mullet n.³). Compare post-classical Latin molacia (feminine) type of sandstone (1410 in a document from Geneva; also as molaci (ablative) 1411). Geology. Originally (formerly also with capital initial): a deposit of soft greenish sandstone mixed with marls and fossiliferous conglomerates, of Miocene to Oligocene age, found along the northern edge of the Alps. Later also (more generally): any thick paralic sedimentary deposit formed after a period of orogeny and consisting of soft, ungraded sandstones, shales, marls, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > sandstone > others firestone1399 hassock1461 red stone1602 penistone1688 bluestone1709 gingerbread1714 brownstone1780 molasse1794 Old Red Sandstone1805 chip sand1808 fox-bench1816 New Red Sandstone1818 grey band1824 arkose1839 cankstone1845 St. Bees Sandstone1865 pietra serena1873 Ham Hill stone1889 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 99 Mollasse, a grey or yellowish grey stone, found in the neighbourhood of Lausanne, and various parts of France. 1827 R. Jameson tr. G. Cuvier Ess. Theory Earth (ed. 5) 97 Certain lignites and molasses do in fact contain them [sc. fossil remains of terrestrial mammifera]. 1837 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 22 61 [Turkey] It is only necessary to cross a small molasse hill not exceeding 300 feet in height. 1886 J. Geikie Outl. Geol. 351 The lower portions of this Molasse pertain to the Oligocene. 1914 G. A. J. Cole Growth of Europe iii. 40 The Oligocene system of Switzerland includes much of the soft yellow sands and clays known locally as molasse (or mollasse). 1965 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. (rev. ed.) xxx. 1126 Related deposits also commonly occur in the depressions that develop in front of the rising mountains during the waning stages of an orogenic cycle, e.g...the molasse of the Swiss plain in front of the Alps. 1971 Nature 5 Feb. 385/1 Collision of the detached Indian and Australian blocks with Asia was marked by regression, thrusting, orogeny, and subsequent molasse deposition. 1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics ix. 183 During Cenozoic times the Altiplano received some 15 km of molasse from the Eastern and Western Cordilleras. 1995 Chem. Geol. 119 249/2 The Sb mineralization occurs in a Paleogene mollasse formation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1794
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