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Definitions of inlier in various dictionaries:
An area or a formation of older rocks completely surrounded by younger layers.
noun - a type of rock formation
INLIER - An inlier is an area of older rocks surrounded by younger rocks. Inliers are typically formed by the erosion of overlying younger rocks to reveal a l...
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Popular Queen covers don't stand for projection of older rock |
Outcrop of older rocks surrounded by younger rocks |
I name dishonest person said to be at outcrop |
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Jan 1 2014 The Times - Cryptic |
Oct 28 2012 The Telegraph - General Knowledge |
Jan 15 2011 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
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An area or formation of older rocks completely surrounded by younger layers. |
an older rock formation isolated among newer rocks. |
An older rock formation isolated among newer rocks. |
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An inlier is an area of older rocks surrounded by younger rocks. Inliers are typically formed by the erosion of overlying younger rocks to reveal a limited exposure of the older underlying rocks. Faulting or folding may also contribute to the observed outcrop pattern. A classic example from Great Britain is that of the inlier of folded Ordovician and Silurian rocks at Horton in Ribblesdale in North Yorkshire which are surrounded by the younger flat-lying Carboniferous Limestone. The location has long been visited by geology students. Another example from South Wales is the Usk Inlier in Monmouthshire where Silurian age rocks are upfolded amidst Old Red Sandstone rocks of Devonian age. * A similar outcrop pattern which results from movement on a thrust fault followed by erosion may be termed a window. * Conversely an outlier is an area of younger rock completely surrounded by older rocks. An outlier is typically formed when sufficient erosion of surrounding rocks has taken place to sever t |