Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a lithological manner; from a lithological point of view; as regards lithologic character or structure: as, strata lithologically distinct.
Wiktionary
- adv. From a lithological point of view.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. From a lithological point of view.
Etymologies
- lithological + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It is higher and more rugged and has much less agriculture and population than the lithologically distinct Northern Piedmont (64), and has different rocks, soils, and native vegetation than the lower and less rugged Pine Barrens (84b).”
“Ecoregion 64e is physiographically and lithologically distinct from Ecoregion 64b, 64f, and 64g.”
“Terrain is flatter than in the Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens (84) and the lithologically distinct Northern Piedmont (64).”
“Mostly underlain by Paleozoic sedimentary rock, but some metamorphic rocks like slate, quartzite, and marble also occur; overall, Ecoregion 67 is lithologically distinct from Ecoregions 58 and 64.”
“Ecoregion 84d is lithologically distinct from the reddish shale, sandstone, argillite, and siltstone of the neighboring Triassic Lowlands (64a).”
“Its glaciated ridgetops are less sharp, and much more lake-studded than those of its lithologically similar, but unglaciated, neighbor in Pennsylvania, the Northern Sandstone Ridges (67c).”
“Underlain by clays, silts, marls, sands, gravels, and shell beds that are lithologically distinct from the rocks of Ecoregions 58, 64, and 67.”
“The Serpentine Siskiyous ecoregion is lithologically distinct from the rest of Ecoregion 78.”
“Physiographically, lithologically, and botanically distinct from the Triassic Lowlands (64a), Trap Rock Ridges and Palisades (64b), and Glaciated Triassic Lowlands (64e).”
“The High Plateaus ecoregion is largely capped by flat-lying igneous rock and is lithologically distinct from the Wasatch Montane Zone (19d).”
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