New Red Sandstone, the name formerly given to the great series of red sandstones which occur between the Carboniferous and Jurassic Systems. The sandstones are now divided into two groups, the lower of which is assigned to the Palæozoic (see PERMIAN SYSTEM) and the upper to the Mesozoic System (see TRIASSIC SYSTEM). The term New Red Sandstone is used as synonymous in England with the Trias.
New Red Sandstone
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 470
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