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Webster 1913 Edition
Zechstein
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Zech′steinˊ
,Noun.
[Gr., fr.
zeche
a mine + stein
a stone.] (Geol.)
The upper division of the Permian (Dyas) of Europe. The prevailing rock is a magnesian limestone.
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Zechstein
Zechstein
English
Proper noun
Zechstein
- (geology) A unit of sedimentary rock layers of Middle to Late Permian age located in the Permian Basin (Europe), corresponding to the Lopingian (epoch).