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noun
A sedimentary deposit composed of a chaotic mass of heterogeneous material, such as blocks and mud, known as olistoliths, that accumulates as a semifluid body by submarine gravity sliding or slumping of the unconsolidated sediments.
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History
From Ancient Greek ὀλισθάνω (olisthánō, “to slide”) + Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma, “bed”).
