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Stratigraphy |
Is the study of layered beds |
Bedded |
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Conformable |
Parallel beds layed continuously |
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Unconformity |
A sediment surface that indicate a period of non-deposition or erosion over a long period of time |
Angular unconformity, disconformity, and nonconformity |
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Correlation |
Matching of similar characteristics of rocks |
Same type of rock,fossils,deposition |
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Lithiostratigraphic |
Matching rocks of the same type by lithic identity, position in sequence, or key beds |
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Biostratigraphic correlation |
Matching groups of fossils by using guided fossils |
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Superposition |
In a sequence of sediments, the oldest is on the bottom and successively younger above is |
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Disconformity |
Unconformity which starta above & below are parallel and separated by erosional surafce |
None |
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Example of trace fossil |
Track,burrow,coprolite,burrow |
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Cenozoic |
Consist of the Hadean,Archean, Proterzoic eons |
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Marine transgression |
Result from a eustatic sea level rise |
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L.L Sloss |
Geologist who developed the idea that cyclic sedimentation resulted in distinct cratonic sequence in north america |
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Mesozoic |
Geologic era populary know as "age of the reptiles" |
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