Sentence examples for strata have been from inspiring English sources

The surface sedimentary strata have been extensively eroded.

Pleistocene strata have been much studied in North America and Europe.

The landform is that of a range of low mountains from which the top strata have been removed by erosion.

The architecture of the two orogens is similar: little metamorphosed passive margin strata have been imbricated within cratonward-verging fold and thrust belts accommodating ∼ 250 km of shortening.

At least 4 km of pre-glacial strata have been eroded from the present inner shelf and coastal hinterland by glacial processes.

Once most or all of the relative ages of various strata have been determined in a region, it may be possible to deduce that certain units have been offset by movement along fractures or faults while others have not.

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

Each successive glaciation represented in these strata has been identified and named, though the same glacial episode usually bears a different name in North America than in Europe.

Thus, by the latter part of the 18th century, the superpositional concept of rock strata had been firmly established through a number of independent investigations throughout Europe.

As yet, no clear-cut, universally applicable definition that would demarcate the base of the lowermost Cambrian strata has been agreed upon.

The faunal succession in marine strata has been established for many groups, but only those of significance for international correlations are mentioned here.