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LAYERS |
Strata |
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TIERS |
Strata |
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SEAMS |
Coal strata |
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SHELFY |
Full of strata of rock. |
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WEALDEN |
The Wealden group or strata. |
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STRATIFORM |
Having the form of strata. |
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PALEOZOOLOGY |
The Paleozoic time or strata. |
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ANTHRACIFEROUS |
Yielding anthracite; as, anthraciferous strata. |
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CLUMP |
The compressed clay of coal strata. |
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UNCONFORMITY |
Want of parallelism between strata in contact. |
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INTERSTRATIFY |
To put or insert between other strata. |
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FAULT |
A dislocation of the strata of the vein. |
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BASSET |
Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata. |
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MEASURE |
Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures. |
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CONFORMABLE |
Parallel, or nearly so; -- said of strata in contact. |
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MAMMALIFEROUS |
Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain
strata. |
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ORNITHICHNITE |
The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone. |
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FORALITE |
A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other
strata. |
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ESTUARY |
Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary
strata. |
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CLINOMETRY |
That art or operation of measuring the inclination of
strata. |
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EQUIVALENT |
Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of
different countries. |
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OUTCROP |
That part of inclined strata which appears at the surface;
basset. |
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STRATIFIED |
Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as,
stratified rock. |
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UNCONFORMABLE |
Not conformable; not lying in a parallel position;
as, unconformable strata. |
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CONFORMABILITY |
The parallelism of two sets of strata which are in
contact. |