stratified rock

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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

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

Then again the stratified rock is like a just-lifted lid, from beneath which the water issues.

From The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton by Burroughs, John

Granite occurs in all the larger mountain ranges, and in isolated masses in every country; not being a stratified rock, and being excessively hard, it is difficult to get it out in manageable masses.

From A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. by Anonymous

At the upper edge of the hill was an outcrop of stratified rock.

From Rambles with John Burroughs by Loach, Robert John de