stratigraphy

/struh-tig-ruh-fee/US // strəˈtɪg rə fi //UK // (strəˈtɪɡrəfɪ) //

地层学,地层,地层结构,层理

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.

He made original and important observations on stratification, and laid down some of the fundamental axioms in stratigraphy.
The latter paper should be carefully read by all students of the stratigraphy of the Lower Palozoic Rocks.
A medal was awarded for a sheet of thirteen sections illustrating the stratigraphy of Vermont and New Hampshire.
Stratigraphy and paleontology are concerned with the sedimentary and life history of the earth.
It must always be remembered that the evidence is primarily one of stratigraphy.