Unstratified

Unstratified
Unstratified Un*strat"i*fied, a. (Geol.) Not stratified; -- applied to massive rocks, as granite, porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as the glacial till, which occur in masses without layers or strata. [1913 Webster]

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