stratigraphy
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The sixty pages on palaeontology emphasize geology and stratigraphy and chiefly illustrate trilobites.
the branch of geology concerned with the order and relative position of strata and their relationship to the geological time scale.
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Responding to Knight, he referred to stratigraphy as ‘the heart of geology’, and maintained that 'stratigraphy' and paleontology were mutually dependent.
Although Lower Cambrian 'stratigraphy' remains in a state of some uncertainty, therefore, it is possible at present to present a provisional view of the sequence of events in at least some areas of the world.
The geological mapping allowed a detailed revision of the regional 'stratigraphy' .
Despite the relatively coherent chronological 'stratigraphy' demonstrated at the ice patches, temporal gaps are evident.
A second constraint on the timescale of canyon filling relates to the cyclic 'stratigraphy' documented at the Umberatana syncline example.
In the final section Bosence and Wilson discuss the complexities of sequence 'stratigraphy' in carbonate settings and introduce the use of numeric stratigraphic modeling for facies prediction.
The late Mesozoic and Cenozoic 'stratigraphy' of northern Chile is shown in Figure 3.
More than any other fossil collector in the western New York area, Tom paid attention to the scientific aspects of paleontology, 'stratigraphy' , and geology in general.
A combination of radar facies analysis and radar 'stratigraphy' has been used to interpret the radar profiles and define a relative chronology.
The ophiolite contains a complete igneous 'stratigraphy' of serpentinized ultramafics, gabbro, sheeted dykes and pillow lavas, as described by Moores.
Much research has been of interest to, and sponsored by, the petroleum industry, and many facets of the research are as significant to 'stratigraphy' and basin analysis as to palaeobiology
With the new discipline of 'stratigraphy' to hand, geological maps of both practical and academic value could be, and were, produced by surveyors and scholars towards the end of the eighteenth century.
These rocks are generally divided into two major types in view of their lithology, internal 'stratigraphy' and contact relationships with surrounding rocks.
Due to the cave's deep, complex 'stratigraphy' , the geological context of associated material culture has been particularly challenging to interpret.
In this study we concentrate on the field relations and 'stratigraphy' of the pyroclastic deposits within the lower volcanics.
you can find materials at the surface which are samples from the deeper 'stratigraphy'
Tertiary 'stratigraphy' throws considerable light on landform and river development.
The accepted 'stratigraphy' of the Dalradian block is presented in Figure 1.
Completing the exhibitions is a diorama of the geology of the area north of Johannesburg, the Magaliesburg area, that shows details of the region's topography, geology, and 'stratigraphy' .
Despite his expanding interest in biological questions, Weller remained a strong proponent of 'stratigraphy' and practical geology, both in the classroom and in research.
Several other interruptions within the Cenozoic 'stratigraphy' of the Zagros region have long been attributed to epirogeny.
The water depths used for this calculation were established by adopting the pattern of relative sea-level variations inferred from sequence 'stratigraphy' .
The sixty pages on palaeontology emphasize geology and 'stratigraphy' and chiefly illustrate trilobites.
Inspiration is gained from the actions of the archaeologist, using 'stratigraphy' as a recording practice, that records spacio-temporal paradigms.
At the museum, Cooper worked in contact with U.S. Geological Survey paleontologists whose concerns were brachiopods and Lower Paleozoic 'stratigraphy' .
Such estimates of time-scale based on the 'stratigraphy' of canyon fill will remain uncertain, however, until the nature of the fill is better understood.
Oscillating reactions are thought to play key roles in biological morphogenesis and geologic 'stratigraphy' .
The volcanic 'stratigraphy' , consisting dominantly of flood basalts with interbedded pyroclastic deposits, is well-exposed in East Greenland.
The relative chronology derived from the radar 'stratigraphy' clearly shows that the dune has migrated from east to west.
The up-to-date 'stratigraphy' and earlier radiometric dates on these and other Late Precambrian rocks of this area are given in Pharaoh & Gibbons.
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