单词 | stylolite |
释义 | styloliten. Geology. (See quots.) Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > stylolite stylolite1866 1866 P. H. Lawrence tr. B. von Cotta Rocks Classified 99 Stylolites are a very singular formation in certain limestones, dolomites, or marls; they consist of irregular and longitudinally striped cylinders standing at right angles to the rocks' stratification. 1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 313 The so-called ‘lignilites,’ ‘epsomites,’ and ‘stylolites’..are cylindrical or columnar bodies varying in length up to more than four inches, and in diameter to two or more inches. 1888 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 23 495 The stylolite structure often seen in massive limestones. Derivatives styloˈlitic adj. of the nature of, or containing, stylolites. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [adjective] > stylolite stylolitic1866 1866 P. H. Lawrence tr. B. von Cotta Rocks Classified 289 Dolomite is seldom oolitic, slaty, fibrous, or stylolotic [sic]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1866 |
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