stratigraphy

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /stɹətɨɡɹəfiː/

Noun

stratigraphy (countable and uncountable, plural stratigraphies)

(geology) The study of rock layers and the layering process (stratification).
(archaeology) the layering of deposits, with newer remains overlaying older ones, forming a chronology of the site.

Derived terms

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Translations

study of rock layers

Catalan: estratigrafia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 地層學 (zh), 地层学 (zh) (dìcéngxué)
Finnish: stratigrafia (fi)
French: stratigraphie (fr) f

Galician: estratigrafía (gl) f
Irish: stratagrafaíocht f
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Serbo-Croatian: стратиграфија f (stratigrafija)
Spanish: estratigrafía (es) f

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