stratigraphic
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8.1
- adjective
- /ˌstrætɪˈɡræfɪk/
- Specialized
:
estratigráfico
- Geologists often study the stratigraphic layers of sediment to understand Earth's history.
- stratigraphic evidence
Examples
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Recovering the fragments on the floor was a delicate operation because the archaeologists did not want to disturb the stratigraphic excavations also going on at the site.
Academic text (2006) -
Based on stratigraphic evidence, she believes the quartz-lined pools are 6,000 years old. "The white quartz would have made the pools glow in the moonlight, and we think they may have been very special, a place of ritual for people in those times," she speculates.
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What would probably not have been obtained is detailed stratigraphic information.
Blog text (5) -
Several story fragments in Here support the reading of the form of the book as representing stratigraphic layers.
Academic text (2018) -
We get a window on vegetation through stratigraphic pollen cores.
Academic text (2002) -
The form of Here also evokes the Anthropocene: the panel organization creates the illusion of the book as a pile of stratigraphic layers.
Academic text (2018) -
The rigorous methods used in excavation work, both at the surface and in stratigraphic analysis, have enabled information on burials in the Bura system from the 2nd to the 11th centuries to be gathered.
Academic text (2000) -
Speculations abounded concerning the geology of the Earth: its landforms, the stratigraphic sequence of rock layers, the varying distributions of fossils, and so on.
Academic text (1990) -
Critics have attacked everything from the accuracy of the radiocarbon dates to Conard's interpretation of the stratigraphic layers at key sites such as Hohle Fels and Geißenklösterle.
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The stratigraphic analysis helped researchers determine the age of the rock formation.
Synonyms
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6.3
Layers of sand, mud, or small stones press together and form rock
Relating to the layers of rock and soil and how people study their order
Made up of horizontal layers of rock or soil
About the study of small pieces of rock and soil that settle in water or on land
Relating to the study of layers of sand, mud, and rock left by water or wind
Made in wide, flat layers, often for clouds that bring steady rain
Surface Forms
Morphology
stratigraphic = stratigraphy (transparent) = stratigraphy + ic
Standard adjectival formation from the noun 'stratigraphy' (+ -ic); the meaning 'relating to stratigraphy or rock layers' follows directly.
Etymology
Stratigraphic comes from two parts: strati- meaning 'layers' as in strata, and -graphic meaning 'to write or show' as in photograph. So, stratigraphic describes the way scientists record or show the layers of rock and soil.