interstratify

American  

[in-ter-strat-uh-fahy] / ˌɪn tərˈstræt əˌfaɪ /

verb (used without object)

interstratified, interstratifying

1. to lie in interposed or alternate strata.

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verb (used with object)

interstratified, interstratifying

1. to interlay with or interpose between other strata.

2. to arrange in alternate strata.

interstratify British  

/ ˌɪntəˈstrætɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. (tr; usually passive) to arrange (a series of rock strata) in alternating beds

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Other Word Forms

• interstratification
  noun

Etymology

Origin of interstratify

First recorded in 1815–25; inter- + stratify

Example Sentences

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interstratified

Ayrshire, and in the western parts of Devonshire, beds of felspathic porphyry, felstone and ash are interstratified with strata believed to be of Permian age.

From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Hull, Edward

Between San Caterina and Castrogiovanni, in Sicily, bent and undulating gypseous marls occur, with here and there thin beds of solid gypsum interstratified.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

In the Lough Mask district beds of this age are found, as in Wales, interstratified with volcanic lavas and tuffs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

The first of these divisions represents the plutonic, intrusive or subsequent phase of eruptivity; the second marks the volcanic, interstratified or contemporaneous phase.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

Near these cliffs the slate-clay and reddish limestone are interstratified, and form a bold rocky point, in which the strata dip to the N.E. at an angle of 20°.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John