inliern.
/ˈɪnˌlʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈɪnˌlaɪər/ Geology.
(See quot. 1865.)
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inlier1865
1865 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms (ed. 2) 256 Inlier, a term introduced by Mr. Drew, of the Geological Survey, to express the converse of ‘outlier’.. ‘It means..a space occupied by one formation which is completely surrounded by another that rests upon it’.
1894 Geol. Mag. Oct. 460 It is..clearly marked by the Upper Greensand anticline of the Vale of Pewsey, and by the Upper Greensand inliers of Ham and Kingsclere.
1896 Naturalist 294 This formation occurs as patches or inliers that are surrounded by Oxford clays.
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