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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Stra*tig"ra*phy\, n. [Stratum + -graphy.]
That branch of geology which treats of the arrangement and
succession of strata.
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Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Refers to the origin, composition, distribution and succession of geologic strata (layers). |
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Glossary |
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| | Definition: | | the study and validation of stratification; the analysis in the vertical, time dimension, of a series of layers in the horizontal, space dimension. It is often used as a relative dating technique to assess the temporal sequence of artifact deposition. |
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