Allostratigraphy
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The study and classification of rock strata by their bounding surfaces, such as unconformities and other types of uncomformable contacts that create discontinuities in the rock record. uncountable, usually
"The only example we know is the study of the allostratigraphy of Quaternary terrace deposits in the Polish Carpathians by Zuchiewicz (1988), in which individual mapping units included gravels, solifluction deposits and loess."
Example
More examples"The only example we know is the study of the allostratigraphy of Quaternary terrace deposits in the Polish Carpathians by Zuchiewicz (1988), in which individual mapping units included gravels, solifluction deposits and loess."
Etymology
From allo- + stratigraphy.
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