ooidal en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English ooid Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English ooidal From ooid + -al.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Egg-shaped.
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(not-comparable) Oolitic.
The two formations show similar types of ooidal ironstone as well as other quite different lithologies.
2004, East Midlands Geological Society, The Mercian Geologist, volume 16, page 214:2009, Oscar Merino-Tomé, Juan R. Bahamonde, Luis P. Fernández, Juan R. Colmenero, Facies architecture and cyclicity of an Upper Carboniferous carbonate ramp developed in a Variscan piggy-back basin (Cantabrian Mountains, northwest Spain), Gary Nichols, Edward Williams, Chris Paola (editors), Sedimentary Processes, Environments and Basins: A Tribute to Peter Friend, International Association of Sedimentologists, Special Publication 38, page 203, Inner-ramp deposits correspond to skeletal and ooidal shoals, beaches and tidal channels (see Burchette & Wright, 1992).
1975, Augustus K. Armstrong, Carboniferous Corals of Alaska, A Preliminary Report, Paleozoic Corals of Alaska, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 823, Parts 1-4, page 49, The lithostrotionoid corals are common in bryozoan-echinoderm and ooidal packstones adjacent to ooidal and well-sorted crinoid grainstones.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| oöidal | alternative | lexicographic |