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1·Contained within the rock strata is evidence that the region was intensely dry 15,000 years ago.

岩层中的证据表明该地区在15,000 年前曾经非常干旱。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·By following the fossils, Smith was able to put all the strata of England's earth into relative temporal sequence.

通过研究这些化石，史密斯能够把英国土地所有的地层按相对的时间顺序排列起来。

3·Instead, they are other volcano types, like strata volcanoes, for example, which are a result of the tectonic plate movement.

相反，它们是其他类型的火山，比如地层火山，是板块运动的结果。

4·As he collected fossils from strata throughout England, Smith began to see that the fossils told a different story from the rocks.

当史密斯在英国各地的地层中收集化石时，他开始发现这些化石讲述的故事与岩石不同。

5·While rock between two consistent strata might in one place be shale and in another sandstone, the fossils in that shale or sandstone were always the same.

存在于两个相连地层之间的岩石，可能在这一层是泥板岩，而在另一层中是砂岩；但存在于泥板岩或者砂岩中的化石往往都是相同的。

6·Ever since people had begun to catalog the strata in particular outcrops, there had been the hope that these could somehow be used to calculate geological time.

从人们开始对地表的特殊岩层进行编目和分类时起，大家就开始期望能够以某种方式利用这些岩层来计算地质年代。

7·Particularly, in the younger strata the rocks were often so similar that he had trouble distinguishing the strata, but he never had trouble telling the fossils apart.

特别是，较年轻的地层中的岩石常常很相似，这使得他很难分辨那些地层，但他从来都能轻松区分出不同的化石。

8·He later worked on similar jobs across the length and breadth of England, all the while studying the newly revealed strata and collecting all the fossils he could find.

后来，他继续从事相似的工作，足迹遍布整个英国；与此同时，他不断研究那些新近露出的地层，并且收集所有能找到的化石。

9·Unfortunately, such estimates did not adequately account for past differences in rates of sedimentation or losses to the total section of strata during episodes of erosion.

不幸的是，这种估测没有充分考虑到过去在侵蚀期间沉积速率或地层总剖面损失的差异。

10·In 1815 he published the first modern geological map, A Map of the Strata of England and Wales with a Part of Scotland, a map so meticulously researched that it can still be used today.

1815年，他出版了第一张现代地质学地图——《英格兰、威尔士及部分苏格兰地区地层地图》，这张地质地图绘制得非常精确，直到现在仍有参考价值。

(1)overlying strata覆层；表层；上覆地层

(1)rock strata岩层

(1)series of strata层系，岩系

(1)sedimentary strata沉积岩

(1)underlying strata底板岩石

(1)soil strata土层