Old Red Sandstonen.

Brit.

/ˌəʊld rɛd ˈsan(d)stəʊn/, U.S.

/ˌoʊl(d) ˌrɛd ˈsæn(d)ˌstoʊn/

Forms: also with lower-case initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: old adj., red adj., sandstone n.

Etymology: < old adj. + red adj. + sandstone n., after German alter rother Sandstein ( Auszug aus Werner's Geognosie in H. W. Meuder's translation of R. Jameson Mineralogische Reisen (1802) p. xxix; see further A. Wyatt Challinor's Dict. Geol. (1986) at cited word).

A thick series of non-marine sedimentary rocks, chiefly red sandstones and conglomerates, representing the Devonian system in parts of Britain, north-west Europe, and North America.

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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

1805 R. Jameson Mineral. Descr. County of Dumfries 31 The independent coal formation does not lie under the old red sandstone formation.

1818 W. Buckland Select. Facts in J. Phillips Outl. Geol. Eng. & Wales 142 A sandstone occurs in many parts of England and Wales..which in some respects at least has the characters of the old red sandstone.

1831 J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. Rev. J. Hodgson (1858) II. 215 The old red sandstone of the Mellfell district is through all that country called roach or roche.

1838 A. Sedgwick in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 2 685 Class II or Palæozoic Series. This includes all the groups of formations between Class I and the Old Red Sandstone.

1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 334/2 It is founded on a mass of old red sandstone conglomerate, flanked north and south by strata of carboniferous limestone.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xviii. 467 Amphibians emerged in the time of the Old Red Sandstone (Devonian).

1954 J. F. Kirkaldy Gen. Princ. Geol. xviii. 272 The Old Red Sandstone was formed from the destruction of the Caledonian mountain chains.

1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) xi. 247 A silicified peat-bog of Middle Old Red Sandstone age.

1996 Nature 4 Jan. 35/1 A controversy developed over the stratigraphic position of rocks, which Murchison believed to be old red sandstone, but which proved to be new red (Permo-Triassic).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	old red sandstone
释义	Old Red Sandstonen. Brit. /ˌəʊld rɛd ˈsan(d)stəʊn/, U.S. /ˌoʊl(d) ˌrɛd ˈsæn(d)ˌstoʊn/ Forms: also with lower-case initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: old adj., red adj., sandstone n. Etymology: < old adj. + red adj. + sandstone n., after German alter rother Sandstein ( Auszug aus Werner's Geognosie in H. W. Meuder's translation of R. Jameson Mineralogische Reisen (1802) p. xxix; see further A. Wyatt Challinor's Dict. Geol. (1986) at cited word). A thick series of non-marine sedimentary rocks, chiefly red sandstones and conglomerates, representing the Devonian system in parts of Britain, north-west Europe, and North America. 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 1805 R. Jameson Mineral. Descr. County of Dumfries 31 The independent coal formation does not lie under the old red sandstone formation. 1818 W. Buckland Select. Facts in J. Phillips Outl. Geol. Eng. & Wales 142 A sandstone occurs in many parts of England and Wales..which in some respects at least has the characters of the old red sandstone. 1831 J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. Rev. J. Hodgson (1858) II. 215 The old red sandstone of the Mellfell district is through all that country called roach or roche. 1838 A. Sedgwick in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 2 685 Class II or Palæozoic Series. This includes all the groups of formations between Class I and the Old Red Sandstone. 1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 334/2 It is founded on a mass of old red sandstone conglomerate, flanked north and south by strata of carboniferous limestone. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xviii. 467 Amphibians emerged in the time of the Old Red Sandstone (Devonian). 1954 J. F. Kirkaldy Gen. Princ. Geol. xviii. 272 The Old Red Sandstone was formed from the destruction of the Caledonian mountain chains. 1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) xi. 247 A silicified peat-bog of Middle Old Red Sandstone age. 1996 Nature 4 Jan. 35/1 A controversy developed over the stratigraphic position of rocks, which Murchison believed to be old red sandstone, but which proved to be new red (Permo-Triassic). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1805
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