stratigraphy

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɹəˈtɪɡɹəfi/

Noun

stratigraphy (countable and uncountable, plural stratigraphies)

1. (geology) The study of rock layers and the layering process (stratification).
   • 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 40:

     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.

2. (archaeology) The layering of deposits, with newer remains overlaying older ones, forming a chronology of the site.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• biostratigraphy
• chronostratigraphy
• hydrostratigraphy
• lithostratigraphy

• seismic stratigraphy
• stratigrapher
• stratigraphic
• stratigraphical

Translations

study of rock layers

• Catalan: estratigrafia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地層學／地层学 (zh) (dìcéngxué), 地层学 (zh) (dìcéngxué)

• Finnish: stratigrafia (fi)
• French: stratigraphie (fr) f
• Galician: estratigrafía (gl) f
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• Greek: στρωματογραφία (el) f (stromatografía)
• Irish: stratagrafaíocht f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian: стратиграфија f (stratigrafija)
• Spanish: estratigrafía (es) f

Further reading

• stratigraphy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia