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Stratigraphy: A Modern Synthesis

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Stratigraphy is defined as the study of layered rocks. In the context of sedimentary geology in general, and of this book in particular, Stratigraphy is the discipline that pulls everything together. In Chaps. 2–5 of this book we deal with increasingly large and complex sedimentological concepts, and in Chap. 6 we discuss mapping methods, which are essentially methods for extending our interpretations beyond our immediate data points by interpolation and extrapolation. Here in this chapter we add the elements of chronostratigraphic dating and correlation, and demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature of modern stratigraphic methods.

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