Sentence examples for sedimentary strata from inspiring English sources

The surface sedimentary strata have been extensively eroded.

With rare exceptions, fossils occur only in sedimentary strata.

PROCESS describes modes of formation deciphered through sedimentary strata.

In some regions sedimentary strata have remained more or less horizontal long after they were deposited.

The geologic time scale is based principally on the relative ages of sequences of sedimentary strata.

All of them are deposited by normal processes of sedimentation and are widespread in sedimentary strata.

First, thick salt is deposited and buried by denser sedimentary strata.

The term marker bed is also applied to sedimentary strata that provide distinctive seismic reflections.

The desire for an understanding of dolomitization of sedimentary strata has been based on economic as well as scientific interests.

Salt domes make excellent traps for hydrocarbons because surrounding sedimentary strata are domed upward and blocked off.

Long granitic ridges were formed when great masses of molten rock forced their way upward through the older sedimentary strata.