Red+sandstone
1Red sandstone — Sandstone Sand stone , n. A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand. [1913 Webster] Note: Different names are applied to the various kinds of sandstone according to their… …
2Red sandstone — Red Red, a. [Compar. {Redder} ( d?r); superl. {Reddest}.] [OE. red, reed, AS. re[ a]d, re[ o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries. r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw. r[ o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r[ a]uds, W. rhudd,… …
3Red sandstone — may refer to: *Old Red Sandstone *New Red Sandstone …
4Old Red Sandstone — Stratigraphic range: Late Silurian to earliest Carboniferous Cross section showing quartz and chert pebbles in a sample from central England (scale bar is 10 mm). Type Geological formation …
5New Red Sandstone — Stratigraphic range: Permian to Triassic Lithology Primary Sandstone Other Arkose, conglomerate …
6Old Red Sandstone — Diesem Artikel fehlen folgende wichtige Informationen: Genauere Angaben zu Schichtfolge, Fossilinhalt und Vorkommen, besonders zum ORS außerhalb Englands Du kannst Wikipedia helfen, indem du sie recherchierst und einfügst. Der …
7old red sandstone — noun Usage: usually capitalized O&R&S : a thick series of fragmental chiefly sandstone rocks of nonmarine origin, predominantly red in color, and representing the Devonian system in some parts of Great Britain and elsewhere in northwestern Europe …
8Old red sandstone — Old Old, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf.… …
9New Red Sandstone — New New (n[=u]), a. [Compar. {Newer} (n[=u] [ e]r); superl. {Newest}.] [OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael.… …
10Old Red Sandstone — ▪ geology thick sequence of Devonian (Devonian Period) rocks (formed from 416 million to 359.2 million years ago) that are continental rather than marine in origin and occur in northwestern Europe, Scandinavia, Greenland, and northeastern… …
