In geology, a bed is a layer of sediment, sedimentary rock, or volcanic rock "bounded above and below by more or less well-defined bedding surfaces". A...
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Stratum (redirect from Strata (geology))
Sur, Mexico Archaeological horizon Bed (geology) Geological formation Geologic map Geologic unit Lamination (geology) Law of superposition Salvador, A...
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Stratigraphy (redirect from Geology, Stratigraphic)
technique for the estimation of sediment-accumulation rates. Assise Bed (geology) Conodont biostratigraphy Erygmascope (old instrument for studying strata)...
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Bedfordshire, England, abbreviated Beds Hanscom Field, an airport in Massachusetts, U.S., IATA airport code BED Bed (geology), a layer of sediment, sedimentary...
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of relating strata to time) and geochronology (a scientific branch of geology that aims to determine the age of rocks). It is used primarily by Earth...
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separation between grains of different sizes. Bed (geology) Foliation (geology) Liesegang rings (geology) Speleothem Stratum This definition can for example...
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through faulting or other deformation of rock beds that brings distinct rock bodies into contact. The geologic subdiscipline of stratigraphy is primarily...
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Geology (from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) 'earth' and λoγία (-logía) 'study of, discourse') is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other...
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the early Carboniferous beds are primarily marine limestones, the Pennsylvanian was in the past treated as a full-fledged geologic period between the Mississippian...
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A geologic map or geological map is a special-purpose map made to show various geological features. Rock units or geologic strata are shown by color or...
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Sedimentary rock (redirect from Sediment bed)
sediment, and may be composed of geological detritus (minerals) or biological detritus (organic matter). The geological detritus originated from weathering...
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In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included...
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Olduvai Gorge (category Geology of Tanzania)
work The Geology of the Olduvai Gorge was published in 1976. Reck identified five main layers of deposition in the gorge, which were labelled Beds I through...
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or stream bed is the bottom of a stream or river (bathymetry) and is confined within a channel, or the banks of the waterway. Usually, the bed does not...
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In geology, a sill is a tabular sheet intrusion that has intruded between older layers of sedimentary rock, beds of volcanic lava or tuff, or along the...
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Bedform (redirect from Lower plane bed)
A bedform is a geological feature that develops at the interface of fluid and a moveable bed, the result of bed material being moved by fluid flow. Examples...
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hydrology, thermal state, accumulation, flow history, ice fabric, and bed geology. In planetary science, ice penetrating radar has also been used to explore...
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Flood geology (also creation geology or diluvial geology) is a pseudoscientific attempt to interpret and reconcile geological features of the Earth in...
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A bone bed is any geological stratum or deposit that contains bones of whatever kind. Inevitably, such deposits are sedimentary in nature. Not a formal...
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Bulletin of the Connecticut Geology and Natural History Survey. 73. Van Houten, Franklyn B. (May 1973). "Origin of Red Beds A Review-1961-1972". Annual...
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Thickness in geology and mining refers to the distance across a packet of rock, whether it be a facies, stratum, bed, seam, lode etc. Thickness is measured...
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Graded bedding (redirect from Graded Bed)
In geology, a graded bed is a bed characterized by a systematic change in grain or clast size from bottom to top of the bed. Most commonly this takes the...
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hydrology, thermal state, accumulation, flow history, ice fabric, and bed geology. In planetary science, ice penetrating radar has also been used to explore...
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The Ringstead Coral Bed (also sometimes in the plural) is a geological formation with fossilized coral in England. It preserves fossils dating back to...
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wells. Erasmus Haworth and J. W. Beede (1897). "The McPherson Equus Beds". Geological Survey of Kansas. Vol. 2. Retrieved 2023-04-07. ... a formation of...
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finely-bedded mudstone and mudstone arranged in rhythmic units ("cyclothems") commonly divided by thin pebble beds as described by the British Geological Survey...
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Strike and dip (redirect from Strike (geology))
In geology, strike and dip is a measurement convention used to describe the plane orientation or attitude of a planar geologic feature. A feature's strike...
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environment". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 343: 209–228. doi:10.1144/SP343.12. Tresise, G. (1996). "Sex in the footprint bed". Geology Today...
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a general description of the county. Geology of the United Kingdom Geology of England Woolwich-and-Reading Beds One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates...
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