The study of stratigraphy was at this point in its infancy, but it was already understood that different layers of rocks had been formed during different periods.
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Stratigraphy
//stɹəˈtɪɡ.ɹəfi//
Synonyms for "stratigraphy" (7 found)
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18 translations across 16 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- estratigrafia noun (study of rock layers)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 地層學 /地层学 noun (study of rock layers)
Finnish
1 entries- stratigrafia noun (study of rock layers)
French
1 entries- stratigraphie noun (study of rock layers)
Galician
1 entries- estratigrafía noun (study of rock layers)
German
1 entries- Stratigraphie noun (study of rock layers)
Greek
1 entries- στρωματογραφία noun (study of rock layers)
Hindi
2 entries- स्तरविन्यास noun (study of rock layers)
- स्तरिकी noun (study of rock layers)
Irish
1 entries- stratagrafaíocht noun (study of rock layers)
Korean
1 entries- 층서학 noun (study of rock layers)
Polish
1 entries- stratygrafia noun (study of rock layers)
Portuguese
1 entries- estratigrafia noun (study of rock layers)
Russian
1 entries- стратигра́фия noun (study of rock layers)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- stratigràfija noun (study of rock layers)
- стратигра̀фија noun (study of rock layers)
Slovene
1 entries- stratigrafija noun (study of rock layers)
Spanish
1 entries- estratigrafía noun (study of rock layers)
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On Earth, we chart the history of waterways by looking at sediment that is deposited over time. We call that stratigraphy, the idea that water transports sediment and you can measure the changes on Earth by understanding the way that sediment piles up. That's what we've done here—but it's Mars.
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