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stratigraphically

stratigraphically

1 9.9
To use the order of rock or soil layers to find their age
  • adverb
  • /ˌstrætɪˈɡræfɪkli/
  • Specialized
: estratigráficamente
  • The fossils were analyzed stratigraphically to understand the order of the layers in which they were found.

Examples

  • Archaeologists studied the site stratigraphically, revealing how different civilizations built atop one another over centuries.

  • This is really a very simple field, fully contained stratigraphically, and it's given us no real problems.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • "In some cases," Conard wrote last year, "these production spikes can lead to younger dates stratigraphically underlying older dates from secure contexts."

    Academic text (2007)

  • There is no question in my mind that, given the archaeological clarity of past disasters, future scholars will be able to stratigraphically distinguish pre-K (as residents humorously dub it) and post-K New Orleans.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The geologist explained how the rocks were deposited stratigraphically over millions of years in distinct layers.

Surface Forms

stratigraphically positive

Morphology

stratigraphically = stratigraphic (semi-transparent) = stratigraphy + ic + ally

Formation is regular (stratigraphy → stratigraphic → stratigraphically), but the base 'stratigraphy' is a technical geological term and the combining form is not common to average learners.

Etymology

The word stratigraphically comes from parts that mean 'layer' and 'to write': strata ('layer') and graph ('write'), the same graph in photograph and autograph. So, to study something stratigraphically is to look at it 'by layers' to understand the order of events.