formation (Q8271): Difference between revisions
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Created claim: part of (P7): subgroup (Q8329) |
Created claim: main subject (P11): stratigraphy (Q8332) |
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Latest revision as of 09:16, 4 May 2023
body of rock identified by lithic characteristics and stratigraphic position; it is usually but not necessarily tabular and is mappable at the Earth's surface or traceable in the subsurface. Smaller than a subgroup
- geological formation
- geologic formation
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| English | formation |
body of rock identified by lithic characteristics and stratigraphic position; it is usually but not necessarily tabular and is mappable at the Earth's surface or traceable in the subsurface. Smaller than a subgroup |
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