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
It appeared to be a stratified rock, with strongly marked oblique strata.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Nansen, Fridtjof
These linings are well-known peculiarities in the original deposition of a stratified rock, and are not features assumed in the petrifaction of any organic body.
From The American Goliah by Anonymous
Now note a remarkable fact as to these fossils, scattered far and wide through the layers of stratified rock.
From Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky by Holden, Edward Singleton
