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Definition of Geological horizon
1. Noun. A layer of rock with a particular composition (especially of fossils); for dating the stratum.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geological Horizon
Literary usage of Geological horizon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by New Jersey State Geologist, New Jersey Geological Survey (1884)
"geological horizon AND AGE. As stated above, on page 30, the Green-Pond mountain
rocks were referred by Prof. Henry D. Rogers to the Middle Secondary, ..."
2. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1893)
"In this way, a geological horizon or zone is marked off, and geologist* thereafter
... To establish a geological horizon on limited fossil evidence, ..."
3. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1856)
"geological horizon explained ; mineralogical characters insufficient to identify
it.—225. Indications supplied by fossiliferous deposits. — 226. ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"To establish a geological horizon on limited fossil evidence, and then to assume
the identity of all strata containing the same fossils, is to reason in a ..."
5. Report of a Geological Reconnoissance of Indiana: Made During the Years 1859 by Indiana State Geologist, Richard Owen, Robert Peter, Leo Lesquereux, Joseph Lesley (1862)
"geological horizon OF THE COAL STRATA OF INDIANA. ... For this reason, I can not
now decide the geological horizon of coal strata marked only by the ..."
6. Principles of Oil and Gas Production by Roswell Hill Johnson, Louis Grow Huntley (1916)
"geological horizon. — In the consideration of the oil or gas prospects of a
region, the geological age of the formations which can be reached by the drill ..."
7. Principles of Oil and Gas Production by Roswell Hill Johnson, Louis Grow Huntley (1916)
"geological horizon. — In the consideration of the oil or gas prospects of a
region, the geological age of the formations which can be reached by the drill ..."
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