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Definition of Stratigraphy

1. Noun. The branch of geology that studies the arrangement and succession of strata.

Definition of Stratigraphy

1. n. That branch of geology which treats of the arrangement and succession of strata.

Definition of Stratigraphy

1. Noun. (geology) The study of rock layers and the layering process (stratification) ¹

2. Noun. (archaeology) the layering of deposits, with newer remains overlaying older ones, forming a chronology of the site. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stratigraphy

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Stratigraphy

Literary usage of Stratigraphy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1891)
"That I recognized that the granite- gneiss of Rainy lake and the Lake of the Woods cuts the Keewatin is •Lake Superior stratigraphy, Andrew C. Lawson: Am. ..."

2. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1891)
"LAKE SUPERIOR stratigraphy. In your May number Dr. Lawson has a criticism* of a recent paper of minef in the American Journal of Science upon Lake ..."

3. Murchison in Moray: A Geologist on Home Ground : With the Correspondence of by Michael Collie, Roderick Impey Murchison, John Diemer, George Gordon (1995)
"stratigraphy is the study of layers of rock, or strata, that have been ... One of the goals of stratigraphy is to correlate rock units over wide areas. ..."

4. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1891)
"That I recognized that the granite, gneiss of Rainy lake and the Lake of the Woods cuts the Keewatin is *Lake Superior stratigraphy, Andrew C. Lawson: Am. ..."

5. The University Geological Survey of Kansas: Reports by Kansas Geological Survey (1898)
"THE stratigraphy of the Kansas Coal Measures has been partly described in ... Field work in stratigraphy has been carried on to a considerable extent for ..."

6. The Economic Aspect of Geology by Charles Kenneth Leith (1921)
"stratigraphy AND PALEONTOLOGY stratigraphy and paleontology are concerned with the ... Closely related to stratigraphy (as well as to physiography, see pp. ..."

7. State Geological Survey of Kansas. [Reports] by Kansas Geological Survey (1898)
"THE stratigraphy of the Kansas Coal Measures has been partly described in ... Field work in stratigraphy has been carried on to a considerable extent for ..."

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