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interstratify, v.|-ˈstrætɪfaɪ|
[inter- 1 b.]
1. trans. in pass. Of geological strata: To be alternated, or interspersed, with other strata.
1822G. Young Geol. Surv. Yorksh. Coast (1828) 57 The flint is not interstratified with the chalk. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. xi. (1873) 249 The soil here consists of ice and volcanic ashes interstratified. 1863Lyell Antiq. Man ix. (ed. 3) 155 Interstratified with this gravel..are beds of sand, loam, and clay. 1876Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. iii. 73 Lava and ashes will be interstratified and mingled with the sedimentary matter.
2. intr. To lie as strata between other strata.
1880Libr. Univ. Knowl. (U.S.) XI. 467 Sandstone, iron ore, limestone and fire-clay interstratify with the coal.
Hence interˈstratified ppl. a., placed as a stratum between other strata.
1849Murchison Siluria iii. 49 This..formation contains many interstratified bands of..materials. 1876Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) III. 214 Many irregular beds of interstratified drift. |