olistostrome

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ὀλισθάνω (olisthánō, “to slide”) + Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma, “bed”). === Noun === olistostrome (plural olistostromes) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== listhesis olistolith