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Definition of Stratal
1. pertaining to a stratum [adj] - See also: stratum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stratal
Literary usage of Stratal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"In a number of cases, the processes listed lead to the formation of "anomalous"
stratal [water] pressures expressed in negative values of the adduced levels ..."
2. A Memoir Explanatory of the Chart and Survey of the County of London-Derry by George Vaughan Sampson (1814)
"... or strata, from those either above or below, I shall beg leave to name, for
the sake of precision, the stratal line : the line which divides the couch, ..."
3. The New Statistical Account of Scotland (1845)
"The stratal dip is generally to the north-east, with, however, ... Of the cliffs
to the south of the Bay of Wick, the stratal dip is in the same direction, ..."
4. The New Statistical Account of Scotland (1845)
"The stratal dip is generally to the north-east, with, however, ... Of the cliffs
to the south of the Bay of Wick, the stratal dip is in the same direction, ..."
5. The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales: Adapted to the Most Recent (1851)
"... these fissures by filtration through the stratal rocks, or even by freer
ingress, are more readily found in certain stratal formations than in others. ..."
6. The Geological History of the Rivers of East Yorkshire: Being the Sedgwick by Frederick Richard Cowper Reed (1901)
"... and which ultimately produced a peneplain of diverse stratal composition, now
uplifted into the table-land and dissected by later drainage; ..."
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