Stratigraphy Definition

strə-tĭgrə-fē
noun
The arrangement of rocks in layers or strata.
Webster's New World
The branch of geology dealing with the study of the nature, distribution, and relations of the stratified rocks of the earth's crust.
Webster's New World

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

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Noun

Singular:
stratigraphy
Plural:
stratigraphies

Stratigraphy Sentence Examples

  • Recent peat stratigraphy shows evidence of a history of wooded bog on this site.

  • The student will be trained in sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy, field and mine mapping, coal petrography and geochemistry.

  • Annual layers in polar firn detected by Borehole Optical Stratigraphy.

  • The sections created by the quarrying enabled us to inspect and record the stratigraphy of the heap.

  • Excavations reveal an intact stratigraphy of 22 vertical meters containing 36 layers from Lower Paleolithic through to Medieval.

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