Stratigraphy

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subdivision of the stratigraphic record into sediments or rocks by means of lithologic

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Lithostratigraphy

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subdivision of the stratigraphic record into sediments or rocks by means of fossil content

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Biostratigraphy

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subdivision of the stratigraphic record into bodies of sediment or rock represented by a particular
age

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Chronostratigraphy

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subdivision of Earth history into time intervals

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Geochronology

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units of Chronostratigraphy in order (Pababa)

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Eonothem
Erathem
System
Series
Stage
Chronozone

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units of Geochronology in order (Pababa)

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Eon
Era
Period
Epoch
Age
Chron

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Series/Epoch of Cenozoic Era

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Holocene
Pleistocene
Pliocene
Miocene
Oligocene
Eocene
Paleocene

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System/Period of Mesozoic Era

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Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic

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System/Period of Paleozoic Era

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Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian

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fundamental unit of lithostratigraphic classification;

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Formation

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Lithostratigraphic units are commonly

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diachronous

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The fundamental biostratigraphic unit

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zone

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Secular variations, continuous changes of the position of the
magnetic poles, take place over time scales of

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10^1 to 10^3 years

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Reversals from ‘normal’ polarity to ‘reversed’ polarity occur over
time scales of

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10^4 to 10^6 years

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The body of strata representing the known stratigraphic and geographic range of occurrence of a particular
taxon or combination of two taxa of any rank.

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Range zone

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The body of fossiliferous strata between two specified biohorizons.

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Interval Zone

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The body of strata containing specimens representing a specific segment of an evolutionary lineage.

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Lineage zone

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The body of strata characterized by an assemblage of three or more fossil taxa that, taken together,
distinguishes it in biostratigraphic character from adjacent strata.

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Assemblage zone

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The body of strata in which the abundance of a particular taxon or specified group of taxa is significantly greater than is usual in the adjacent parts of the section.

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Abundance Zone

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a surface of erosion or non-deposition between younger and older beds that are parallel to each
other

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Disconformities

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an unconformity in which the
beds are at an angle to each other

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angular unconformities

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eroded metamorphic or igneous rocks are covered by sedimentary rocks

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Nonconformity

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Is considered as the founding father of stratigraphy.

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Nicolaus Steno

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refers to an unconformity where the beds are parallel and the contact between the
stratified rocks is just a simple bedding plane.

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Paraconformity

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applied to minor pauses or breaks in depostion with little or no erosion before deposition is resumed.

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Diastem

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refers to geologic time not represented by strata at a certain point in a stratigraphic sequence

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Hiatus

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will produce a vertical sequence of facies representing progressively deeper water environments.

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Transgression

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will produce a sequence of facies representing progressively shallower water environments

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Regression

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units that do not conform to the principle of superposition

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Lithodemic units

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Good biostratigraphic indicators

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Index fossils