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- Structure produced by deposition of sediments in layers or beds.
Source: Leet, L. Don. 1982.
Physical Geology, 6th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall
- a. The formation, accumulation, or deposition of material in layers;
specif. the arrangement or disposition of sedimentary rocks in strata.
See also: bedding
b. A structure produced by deposition of sediments in strata; a stratified
formation, or stratum. It may be due to differences of texture, hardness,
cohesion or cementation, color, internal structure, and mineralogic or
lithologic composition. AGI
c. The state of being stratified; a term describing a layered or bedded
sequence, or signifying the existence of strata. AGI
d. A structure produced by deposition of sediments in beds or layers
(strata), laminae, lenses, wedges, and other essentially tabular units.
AGI
Source:
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms
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