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Bioherm Uncommon

Origin: Greek prefix bio-

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Noun
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A massive, unlayered, mound-shape body in discordant relationship to the surrounding layered facies which drape over it; thus either a reef or a bank (after Asquith, 1979, p.73).

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erm berm ferm perm germ term merm herm derm inerm sherm sperm therm diderm degerm laperm deperm scherm kinterm minterm
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