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Meaning of STRATIGRAPHY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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
 
 Definition: Refers to the origin, composition, distribution and succession of geologic strata (layers).
 
Glossary
 
 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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