unstratified
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of unstratified
First recorded in 1765–75; un- 1 + stratify ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
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They present in addition other structures which have been superinduced upon them, and which they share with the unstratified or igneous rocks.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
They are rarely, if ever, seen in unstratified rocks; but many layers of stratified rocks abound in these remains.
From Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky by Edward Singleton Holden
A rock usually containing much magnesian earth, for the most part unstratified, but sometimes appearing to be an altered or metamorphic stratified rock.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
The boulders of Erreré do not rest on the stratified sandstone of the Serra, but are sunk in the unstratified mass of the clay.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various
The rock is compact unstratified limestone, in which so many of the famous caverns of the world are found.
From Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland by G. F. (George Forrest) Browne
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