roche litée

Traductions

• anglais

  Auteur : Office québécois de la langue française, 1989

  Définition

  An individual unit of rhythmic succession or of beds developed by rhythmic sedimentation ((...)).

  Note :

  The term was used by Bramlette (1946, p. 30) for the couplet of distinct types of sedimentary rock, or the graded sequence of sediments, that forms a unit in rhythmically bedded deposits. The term implies no limit as to thickness or complexity of bedding and it carries no time or seasonal connotation.

  Termes :

  1. rhythmite
  2. rhythmic unit