Stratigraphy means the arrangement of rock strata, especially as to the geographic, chronologic order of sequence (age), classification, characteristics and formation.
Stratigraphy means the classification of sedimentary rocks based on their lithologic properties and geometric relations, such as spatial distribution, depositional environment, composition, and age.
Stratigraphy means the science of rock strata;
Examples of Stratigraphy in a sentence
South African Committee for Stratigraphy, Council for Geoscience, Pretoria.
The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) is a body of expert stratigraphers founded for the purpose of promoting and coordinating long-term international cooperation and establishing standards in stratigraphy.
South African Committee for Stratigraphy, Council for Geoscience, Pretoria.MACRAE, C.
South African Committee for Stratigraphy, Council for Geoscience, Pretoria.MCCARTHY, T and RUBIDGE, B.
Catalogue of South African Lithostratigraphic units (Edited Johnson, M.R.), South African Committee for Stratigraphy, Council for Geoscience, 6: 29-32.GROENEWALD, G.
More Definitions of Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy means study of stratified rocks in terms of time and space
Stratigraphy means the arrangement of rock in layers, especially according to geographic position or chronological order of sequence.
Stratigraphy means the study of stratified rocks, especially their age, correlation and character. “structural trap” means a trap formed as a result of folding, faulting or a combination of both.
Stratigraphy means the part of the descriptive geology of an area or district which pertains to the discrimination, character, thickness, sequence, age and correlation of the rocks of the district.
Stratigraphy means the arrangement of strata, especially as to geographic position and chronological order of sequence, e.g. the arrangement of sedimentary rocks in strata;
Stratigraphy means the composition, sequence and correlation of stratified rocks within the earth’s crust.