Meaning of cyclopsam | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternate layers of sedimentary sand and mud formed in a glaciomarine environment

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“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 .”

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