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Lithostratigraphy is a sub-discipline of stratigraphy, the
geological science ****ociated with the
study of
strata or rock layers.
Major focuses include...
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layered volcanic rocks.
Stratigraphy has
three related subfields:
lithostratigraphy (lithologic stratigraphy),
biostratigraphy (biologic stratigraphy)...
- In chronostratigraphy, a
stage is a
succession of rock
strata laid down in a
single age on the
geologic timescale,
which usually represents millions of...
- In geology, a bed is a
layer of sediment,
sedimentary rock, or
volcanic rock "bounded
above and
below by more or less well-defined
bedding surfaces". A...
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region (the
stratigraphic column). It is the
fundamental unit of
lithostratigraphy, the
study of
strata or rock layers. A
formation must be
large enough...
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cenotes were
thought to be
caused by
subsidence of bolide-weakened
lithostratigraphy around the
impact crater wall. More
recent evidence suggests the crater...
- ; Jahangir, H. (23
December 2022). "Ordovician of
North Iran: New
lithostratigraphy,
palaeogeography and
biogeographical links with
South China and the...
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Series are
subdivisions of rock
layers based on the age of the rock and
formally defined by
international conventions of the
geological timescale. A series...
- ago (Ma),
which is
preserved in
Upper Jur****ic strata. In
European lithostratigraphy, the name "Malm"
indicates rocks of Late Jur****ic age. In the past...
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