| 单词 |
keuper |
| 释义 |
‖ keuper Geol.|ˈkɔɪpə(r)| [A German miners' term.] The name given in Germany, and thence by English geologists, to the upper member of the Triassic system, consisting in Germany of marls, shales, sandstones, gypsum, and clays, in England chiefly of marls and sandstones.
1844Ansted Geol. I. xix. 295 The Keuper, the uppermost division of the Triassic system, is called by the French marnes irisées. 1858Whewell Novum Org. Renov. iv. ix. (ed. 3) 288 The term Pœcilite [was] proposed by Mr. Conybeare to designate the group of strata which lies below the oolites and lias, including the new red or variegated sandstone, with the keuper above, and the magnesian limestone below it. 1863Lyell Antiq. Man xvi. (ed. 3) 332 It is mottled with red and green, like the New Red Sandstone or keuper. |
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