Значения термина horizontal strata на английском

The earliest of these is the tilting of the once horizontal strata.

The interval is the perpendicular face of the horizontal strata of the sandstone rock.

He interprets the court as rising in four horizontal strata:

Reddish, coarsely granular, siliceous sandstone; in horizontal strata, intersected by veins of crystallized quartz.

There they deposited, in thin horizontal strata, a series of rocks of different kinds.

Many of the ruinous precipices of the upper cliffs project in horizontal strata, yet have perpendicular rents.

The cliffs of Red Point partake of a reddish tinge and appear to be disposed nearly in horizontal strata.

All these ranges are composed of sandstone, with their horizontal strata, some of which have a very fine grain.

He represented in the horizontal sills of his windows, and in his horizontal string-courses, the horizontal strata of the rocks.

But it may be asked, how the horizontal strata above, among which are many very strong beds, have been consolidated.

The rocks in the canons do not stand on end, but lie in horizontal strata and show but little dip anywhere.

The high rocks were of black carbonate of lime in perfectly horizontal strata, so equally divided that they appeared like solid masonry.

The rocks are of sandstone, in nearly horizontal strata, coated with a crust of crystallized quartz and coloured by a ferruginous oxide.

The fact is certain, that those alpine bodies are much harder, or less subject to dissolution and decay, than the horizontal strata.

The geological character of the island is a red-coloured, coarse-granular, siliceous sandstone, disposed in horizontal strata, and intersected by veins of crystallised quartz.

Seeing the vertical strata in the bed of the river, I was desirous to know if those were immediately covered with the horizontal strata.