Why Does Imbrication Mean?

an overlapping, as of tiles or shingles. a decoration or pattern resembling this. Surgery.

What is the meaning of Imbrication?

1 : an overlapping of edges (as of tiles or scales) 2 : a decoration or pattern showing imbrication.

What does Imbrication mean in geology?

sedimentary rocks

Imbricate bedding is a shingle structure in a deposit of flattened or disk-shaped pebbles or cobbles (Figure 3). That is to say, elongated and commonly flattened pebbles and cobbles in gravelly sediment are deposited so that they overlap one another like roofing shingles.

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