stratified rock
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But like a stratified rock in Geology I, the school tells more about where the town has been than where it is going.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once probably part of a shallow ocean bottom, the stratified rock has now been thrust to the surface and scientists can easily examine it.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the mountains of stratified rock the facing was made of masonry, and the core of earth and cobble-stones.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 by Various
It dislikes a limestone soil, but seems to prefer the detritus of the stratified rock.
From Locusts and Wild Honey by Burroughs, John
These columns consist of finely stratified rock, and have been worn into curious shapes.
From Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings by Strickland, W. P. (William Peter)
