Stratigraphy definition

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 science of rock strata. It is concerned with all characters and attributes of rocks as strata; and their interpretation in terms of mode of origin and geologic history.
Stratigraphy means a branch of geology that studies rock layers and layering, especially the distribution, deposition and age of sedimentary rocks and is a scientific discipline concerned with describing rock successions and interpreting them in terms of a general time scale.
Stratigraphy means a branch of geology which studies rock layers and layering, primarily used in the study of sedimentary and layered volcanic rocks;
Stratigraphy means the arrangement of rock in layers, especially according to geographic position or chronological order of sequence.
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.