cyclopsamとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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cyclopsam (複数形 cyclopsams)

1. (geology) Alternate layers of sedimentary sand and mud formed in a glaciomarine environment
   • 2009 March 19, T. Naish et al., “Obliquity-paced Pliocene West Antarctic ice sheet oscillations”, Nature, volume 458, number 7236, DOI:10.1038/nature07867, pages 322-328: 

     For example, the rhythmically interlaminated claystone with silt/sandstone facies in AND-1B are consistent with previously described cyclopsam and cyclopel facies from modern temperate to subpolar glacimarine environments in Alaska and the Greenland margin, where they are deposited in quiet-water basins by suspension settling from meltwater plumes 35, 36 .