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Definition of Strata
1. n.
Definition of Strata
1. Noun. (plural of stratum) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strata
1. a stratum [n -S] - See also: stratum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strata
Literary usage of Strata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"It is to be observed that the foregoing rules, although referring to strata which
are theoretically of uniform thickness, are equally applicable to either ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Subsequently it was found that strata contemporaneous with those of Bordeaux
overlie the Parisian formation in the valley of the Loire, and underlie the ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1845)
"Those opinions respecting the loose covering of the solid strata, to which
Buckland, Cuvier, and other eminent geologists, subsequently gave currency and ..."
4. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"0020 Pedagogy 75 Periodicals.. 28 Permian strata 2H Philosophy 55 Pleistocene
strata .. 0030 Pliocene strata .. 30 Recent strata 30 Secondary Si rate . ..."
5. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1897)
"A simple crack or fracture through the strata, not involving dislocation, is
called a fissure. On the two sides of a fissure the beds are the same at ..."
6. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1897)
"CHAPTER XIII DISLOCATIONS AND FRACTURES OF strata strata are often unable to
accommodate themselves by bending or plastic flow to the stresses to which they ..."
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