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without the microscope : with a
glossary of the
names of
rocks and
other lithological terms. 5. Aufl., New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1918, pp. 180, 240: C. E...
- may
reduce in rank for
member or bed as it "pinches out". A bed is a
lithologically distinct layer within a
member or
formation and is the
smallest recognisable...
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including bed, flow, band, and key bed. A bed is a
single stratum that is
lithologically distinguishable from
other layers above and
below it. In the classification...
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volcanic rocks.
Stratigraphy has
three related subfields:
lithostratigraphy (
lithologic stratigraphy),
biostratigraphy (biologic stratigraphy), and chronostratigraphy...
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study of how
brittlely deformed rocks alter fluid flows in
different lithological settings, such as clastic,
igneous and
carbonate rocks.
Fluid movements...
- Earth's
crustal evolution involves the formation,
destruction and
renewal of the
rocky outer s**** at that planet's surface. The
variation in composition...
- The
Americus Limestone is a
member of the
Foraker Limestone Formation in
eastern Kansas,
where it is
quarried as a
distinctive ornamental stone. In outcrop...
- The Chelmos-Vouraikos
UNESCO Global Geopark is an
UNESCO Global Geopark in Greece,
containing geosites of
special scientific,
aesthetic and educational...
- The
Hirnantian glaciation, also
known as the Andean-Saharan glaciation,
Early Paleozoic Ice Age (EPIA), the
Early Paleozoic Icehouse, the Late Ordovician...
- not be
mappable at the same
scale as formations,
though they must be
lithologically distinctive where present. The
definition and
recognition of formations...
