horizontal stratigraphy

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• Горизонтальная стратиграфия —     (англ. horizontal stratigraphy), как видно из названия, исследуется на взаимоперекрывающих объектах, находящихся на одной плоскости, но иногда устанавливается при других обстоятельствах. Г. с. оказывается полезной при изучении древних… …   Археологический словарь

• Harris matrix — The Harris matrix or Winchester seriation diagram is a tool used to depict the temporal succession of archaeological contexts and thus the sequence of deposition on a dry land archaeological site. The matrix reflects the relative position and… …   Wikipedia

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• Marcellus Formation — Stratigraphic range: Middle Devonian …   Wikipedia

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• Geologic time scale — This clock representation shows some of the major units of geological time and definitive events of Earth history. The Hadean eon represents the time before fossil record of life on Earth; its upper boundary is now regarded as 4.0 Ga.[1] Other… …   Wikipedia

• Law of superposition — The law of superposition (or the principle of superposition) is a key axiom based on observations of natural history that is a foundational principle of sedimentary stratigraphy and so of other geology dependent natural sciences: The principle… …   Wikipedia

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• Precambrian time — Interval of geologic time from с 3. 8 billion years ago, the age of the oldest known rocks, to 544 million years ago, the beginning of the Cambrian Period. This interval represents more than 80% of the geologic record and thus provides important… …   Universalium