ferricrete Geol.
(ˈfɛrɪkriːt)
[f. ferri- + concrete n., after calcrete.]
Any breccia, conglomerate, or soil zone consisting of soil or other fragmentary material cemented by iron compounds.
| 1902 G. W. Lamplugh in Geol. Mag. 4th Ser. IX. 575, I have the hardihood to suggest..‘ferricrete’ when the binding substance is an iron-oxide. 1949 Proc. Prehist. Soc. XV. 48 Single beads of ferricrete grit, bone and kankar were also found. 1955 Antiquity XXIX. 206 The site is transversed by ferricrete ridges, marking a preceding wetter period, and this ferricrete postdates the 20–25 ft. beach. 1959 [see calcrete]. 1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 554 Ferruginous sand⁓stone tends to develop a very remarkable ferricrete induration along its normal joint planes. |