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b) the layering of deposits, with newer remains overlaying older ones, forming a chronology of the site.
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stratigraphy — stratigrapher, stratigraphist, n. stratigraphic /strat i graf ik/, stratigraphical, adj. stratigraphically, adv. /streuh tig reuh fee/, n. a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of… … Universalium
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stratigraphy — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1865 1. geology that deals with the origin, composition, distribution, and succession of strata 2. the arrangement of strata … New Collegiate Dictionary
stratigraphy — SYN: tomography. [L. stratum, layer, + G. graphe, a writing] * * * stra·tig·ra·phy strə tig rə fē n, pl phies TOMOGRAPHY * * * stra·tig·ra·phy (strə tigґrə fe) [stratum + graphy] tomography … Medical dictionary
stratigraphy — The branch of geology that deals with the definition and interpretation of layered earth materials; the conditions of their formation; their character, arrangement, sequence, age, and distribution; and especially their correlation by the use… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
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