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allostratigraphy

allostratigraphy noun: 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.

Noun

allostratigraphy (usually uncountable, plural allostratigraphies)

  1. (usually) 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.
    • 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.1996, Cliff Ollier, Regolith, Soils and Landforms, Chichester, West Sussex; […]: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 178
    • North (1996) believed that allostratigraphy is in effect an extension of Miall's architectural element analysis and is a more natural method of subdividing sediments for interpretative purposes than the conventional lithostratigraphy.1999, A. P. Jones, “Background to Sedimentary Facies”, in The Description & Analysis of Quaternary Stratigraphic Field Sections, London: Quaternary Research Association, →ISBN, page 24

Forms of allostratigraphy

pluralallostratigraphies

Origin of allostratigraphy

From allo- + stratigraphy.

Words formed from allostratigraphy

Questions about allostratigraphy

What does allostratigraphy mean?
Allostratigraphy means 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.
What part of speech is allostratigraphy?
Allostratigraphy is a noun.
What is the plural of allostratigraphy?
The plural of allostratigraphy is allostratigraphies.

Words near allostratigraphy in the dictionary

  1. allostimulator
  2. allostimulators
  3. allostimulatory
  4. allostratigraphic
  5. allostratigraphies
  6. allostratigraphy
  7. allosuck
  8. allosucked
  9. allosucking
  10. allosuckling
  11. allosucklings

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