Meanings
plural assises
- geographyTwo or more beds or strata of rock united by the occurrence of fossils of the same characteristic species or genera.
The “Assises” in question are numbered III and IV by Mourlon , and are the lower two of his divisions of the ”psammites” (op. cit., tome i, pp. 92, 93). There is little doubt but that the present species is the Agelacrinus of Mourlon.
1898, Geological Magazine, volume V, Henry Woodward, page 543Synonyms: bed
Synonyms & antonyms
nounTwo or more beds or strata of rock united by the occurrence of fossils of the same characteristic species or genera.
Origin
- Frenchassise
- Frenchassise
- Englishassise
Borrowed from French assise.
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