bafflestone

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noun

A kind of calcareous rock where organisms have acted as baffles during deposition, reducing the local depositional energy.

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Meanings

nounbafflestone (countable and uncountable, plural bafflestones)

plural bafflestones

  1. countableuncountableA kind of calcareous rock where organisms have acted as baffles during deposition, reducing the local depositional energy.

    The ingredients for recognizing a bafflestone are the presence of a large number of in-situ stalk-shaped fossils, and a good imagination on the part of the geologist.

    2013, Erik Flügel, Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks: Analysis, Interpretation and Application

Origin

From baffle + stone.

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APA

bafflestone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bafflestone

MLA

“bafflestone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bafflestone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bafflestone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bafflestone.

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