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English
Noun
lonestone (plural lonestones)
- (geology) An oversize, exotic stone encased in finer sediment and either lacking or associated with obvious evidence of having dropped into the sediment from above.Cf: dropstone
References
- ^ Neuendorf, K.K.E., J.P. Mehl, Jr., and J.A. Jackson, eds. (2005) Glossary of Geology (5th ed.). Alexandria, Virginia, American Geological Institute. 779 pp. →ISBN
- ^ Ojakangas, R. W., 1985, Evidence for Early Proterozoic glaciation: the dropstone unit-diamictite association: Geological Survey of Finland Bulletin 351, p. 51–72.