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Meanings of geologic formation in English

Russian
геологическая формация
Portuguese
formacao geologica
Spanish
formacion
Catalan
formació
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Body of rock identified by lithic characteristics and stratigraphic position; it is usually but not necessarily tabular and is mappable at the Earth's surface or traceable in the subsurface.

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        геологическая формация
        Usage of geologic formation in English
        1
        The cabin showed every mark of the owner's interest in the geologic formation of that immediate district.
        The Trail of the White Mule
        2
        The beds are of great thickness, belonging to two distinct geologic formations.
        New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 / ...
        3
        The professor secured the map of the geologic formations of our continent, and traced it.
        Acres of Diamonds: Our Every-day Opportunities
        4
        The geologic formations tell us of a time when no life could exist-longages of convulsion and change in the crust of the globe.
        Daybreak; A Romance of an Old World
        5
        GeoSouthern Energy, based in The Woodlands, Texas, drills for oil and gas in the Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford geologic formations in South Texas.
        Reuters