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English
Etymology
From litho- + stratigraphy.
Noun
lithostratigraphy (usually uncountable, plural lithostratigraphies)
- (geology) The study and classification of rock strata according to their distinct lithological properties.
- Coordinate terms: allostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy, climatostratigraphy, cyclostratigraphy, electrostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, tectonostratigraphy
2017 December 4, C. Hillaire-Marcel, B. Ghaleb, A. de Vernal, J. Maccali, K. Cuny, A. Jacobel, C. Le Duc, J. McManus, “A New Chronology of Late Quaternary Sequences From the Central Arctic Ocean Based on “Extinction Ages” of Their Excesses in 231Pa and 230Th”, in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, volume 18, number 12, American Geophysical Union, →DOI, archived from the original on 2023-11-14, page 4573:These "extinction ages" point to mean sedimentation rates of ∼4.3 and ∼1.7 mm/ka, respectively, over the Lomonosov and Mendeleev Ridges, which are significantly lower than assumed in most recent studies, thus highlighting the need for revisiting current interpretations of Arctic lithostratigraphies in relation to the global-scale late Quaternary climatostratigraphy.
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Translations
lithological study and classification of rock strata