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Lithostratigraphy, the Glossary

Lithostratigraphy is a sub-discipline of stratigraphy, the geological science associated with the study of strata or rock layers.^[1]

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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Biostratigraphy is the branch of stratigraphy which focuses on correlating and assigning relative ages of rock strata by using the fossil assemblages contained within them. Lithostratigraphy and Biostratigraphy are stratigraphy.

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Canyonlands National Park

Canyonlands National Park is an American national park located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab.

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Capitol Reef National Park

Capitol Reef National Park is an American national park in south-central Utah.

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Chinle Formation

The Chinle Formation is an Upper Triassic continental geological formation of fluvial, lacustrine, and palustrine to eolian deposits spread across the U.S. states of Nevada, Utah, northern Arizona, western New Mexico, and western Colorado.

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Chronostratigraphy

Chronostratigraphy is the branch of stratigraphy that studies the ages of rock strata in relation to time. Lithostratigraphy and Chronostratigraphy are Geochronological dating methods and stratigraphy.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.

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Colorado Plateau

The Colorado Plateau is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States.

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Complex (geology)

In geology, a complex is a lithodemic unit consisting of two or more lithodemes of more than one genetic class (metamorphic, igneous or sedimentary).

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Cutler Formation

The Cutler Formation or Cutler Group is a rock unit that is exposed across the U.S. states of Arizona, northwest New Mexico, southeast Utah and southwest Colorado.

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Deposition (geology)

Deposition is the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or landmass.

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Diastem

In geology, a diastem is a short interruption in sedimentation with little or no erosion. Lithostratigraphy and diastem are stratigraphy.

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Earth science

Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth.

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Erosion surface

In geology and geomorphology, an erosion surface is a surface of rock or regolith that was formed by erosion and not by construction (e.g. lava flows, sediment deposition) nor fault displacement.

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Facies

In geology, a facies (same pronunciation and spelling in the plural) is a body of rock with distinctive characteristics. Lithostratigraphy and facies are Petrology and stratigraphy.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Geochronology

Geochronology is the science of determining the age of rocks, fossils, and sediments using signatures inherent in the rocks themselves.

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Geological formation

A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics (lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exposed in a geographical region (the stratigraphic column).

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Geology

Geology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time.

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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (shortened to Glen Canyon NRA or GCNRA) is a national recreation area and conservation unit of the United States National Park Service that encompasses the area around Lake Powell and lower Cataract Canyon in Utah and Arizona, covering of mostly rugged high desert terrain.

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Igneous rock

Igneous rock, or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic.

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Jurassic

The Jurassic is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya.

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Kayenta Formation

The Kayenta Formation is a geological formation in the Glen Canyon Group that is spread across the Colorado Plateau province of the United States, including northern Arizona, northwest Colorado, Nevada, and Utah.

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Kerogen

Kerogen is solid, insoluble organic matter in sedimentary rocks. Lithostratigraphy and Kerogen are Petrology.

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Law of superposition

The law of superposition is an axiom that forms one of the bases of the sciences of geology, archaeology, and other fields pertaining to geological stratigraphy. Lithostratigraphy and law of superposition are stratigraphy.

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Layered intrusion

A layered intrusion is a large sill-like body of igneous rock which exhibits vertical layering or differences in composition and texture.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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Lithology

The lithology of a rock unit is a description of its physical characteristics visible at outcrop, in hand or core samples, or with low magnification microscopy. Lithostratigraphy and lithology are Petrology.

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Lithostratigraphy

Lithostratigraphy is a sub-discipline of stratigraphy, the geological science associated with the study of strata or rock layers. Lithostratigraphy and Lithostratigraphy are Geochronological dating methods, Petrology and stratigraphy.

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Magmatism

Magmatism is the emplacement of magma within and at the surface of the outer layers of a terrestrial planet, which solidifies as igneous rocks.

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Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock to new types of rock in a process called metamorphism.

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Moenkopi Formation

The Moenkopi Formation is a geological formation that is spread across the U.S. states of New Mexico, northern Arizona, Nevada, southeastern California, eastern Utah and western Colorado.

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Navajo Sandstone

The Navajo Sandstone is a geological formation in the Glen Canyon Group that is spread across the U.S. states of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, northwest Colorado, and Utah as part of the Colorado Plateau province of the United States.

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Nicolas Steno

Niels Steensen (Niels Steensen; Latinized to Nicolas Steno or Nicolaus Stenonius); 1 January 1638 – 25 November 1686) was a Danish scientist, a pioneer in both anatomy and geology who became a Catholic bishop in his later years. Steensen was trained in the classical texts on science; however, by 1659 he seriously questioned accepted knowledge of the natural world.

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Paleosol

In geoscience, paleosol (palaeosol in Great Britain and Australia) is an ancient soil that formed in the past.

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Petrology

Petrology is the branch of geology that studies rocks, their mineralogy, composition, texture, structure and the conditions under which they form.

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Principle of lateral continuity

The principle of lateral continuity states that layers of sediment initially extend laterally in all directions; in other words, they are laterally continuous. Lithostratigraphy and principle of lateral continuity are stratigraphy.

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Principle of original horizontality

The principle of original horizontality states that layers of sediment are originally deposited horizontally under the action of gravity. Lithostratigraphy and principle of original horizontality are stratigraphy.

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Science

Science is a strict systematic discipline that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the world.

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Sediment

Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles. Lithostratigraphy and Sediment are Petrology.

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Sedimentary basin

Sedimentary basins are region-scale depressions of the Earth's crust where subsidence has occurred and a thick sequence of sediments have accumulated to form a large three-dimensional body of sedimentary rock.

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Sedimentary rock

Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation. Lithostratigraphy and Sedimentary rock are Petrology.

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Sedimentary structures

Sedimentary structures include all kinds of features in sediments and sedimentary rocks, formed at the time of deposition.

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Shale

Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.

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Stratigraphic unit

A stratigraphic unit is a volume of rock of identifiable origin and relative age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it. Lithostratigraphy and stratigraphic unit are stratigraphy.

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Stratigraphy

Stratigraphy is a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock layers (strata) and layering (stratification). Lithostratigraphy and Stratigraphy are Petrology.

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Stratotype

A stratotype or type section in geology is the physical location or outcrop of a particular reference exposure of a stratigraphic sequence or stratigraphic boundary. Lithostratigraphy and stratotype are stratigraphy.

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Stratum

In geology and related fields, a stratum (strata) is a layer of rock or sediment characterized by certain lithologic properties or attributes that distinguish it from adjacent layers from which it is separated by visible surfaces known as either bedding surfaces or bedding planes. Lithostratigraphy and stratum are stratigraphy.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithostratigraphy

Also known as Conformably, Lithodeme, Lithodemes, Lithodemic unit, Lithosome, Lithostratigraphic, Lithostratigraphical, Lithostratigraphically.

, Tephra, Topostratigraphy, Unconformity, Utah, Volcanism, Weathering, Wingate Sandstone.

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