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单词 marker bed
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Definition of marker bed in English:

marker bed

noun
Geology
  • 1A layer of sedimentary rock possessing distinctive characteristics (especially fossils) which enable it to be recognized over a large area.

  • 2A sedimentary stratum that accounts for a characteristic seismic refraction time–distance curve.

Origin

1950s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science.

 
 

Definition of marker bed in US English:

marker bed

noun
Geology
  • 1A layer of sedimentary rock possessing distinctive characteristics (especially fossils) which enable it to be recognized over a large area.

  • 2A sedimentary stratum that accounts for a characteristic seismic refraction time–distance curve.

Origin

1950s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science.

 
 
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