Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

  1. Stratigraphic Units and Classification
    1. Lithostratigraphy
      1. Lithostratigraphic Units
        1. Supergroup
          1. Group
            1. Formation
              1. Member
                1. Bed
                2. Lithostratigraphic Boundaries
                  1. Naming Conventions
                    1. Type Sections and Reference Sections
                    2. Biostratigraphy
                      1. Biostratigraphic Principles
                        1. Index Fossils
                          1. Biostratigraphic Units
                            1. Biozone
                              1. Range Zone
                                1. Concurrent Range Zone
                                  1. Assemblage Zone
                                    1. Abundance Zone
                                    2. Biostratigraphic Resolution
                                      1. Limitations of Biostratigraphy
                                      2. Chronostratigraphy
                                        1. Chronostratigraphic Units
                                          1. Eonothem
                                            1. Erathem
                                              1. System
                                                1. Series
                                                  1. Stage
                                                  2. Global Stratotype Sections and Points
                                                    1. Chronostratigraphic Boundaries
                                                    2. Geochronology
                                                      1. Geochronologic Units
                                                        1. Eon
                                                          1. Era
                                                            1. Period
                                                              1. Epoch
                                                                1. Age
                                                                2. Absolute Age Dating Methods
                                                                  1. Geologic Time Scale
                                                                  2. Magnetostratigraphy
                                                                    1. Magnetic Polarity Time Scale
                                                                      1. Magnetic Polarity Zones
                                                                        1. Magnetostratigraphic Correlation
                                                                          1. Applications and Limitations
                                                                          2. Chemostratigraphy
                                                                            1. Stable Isotope Stratigraphy
                                                                              1. Carbon Isotopes
                                                                                1. Oxygen Isotopes
                                                                                  1. Strontium Isotopes
                                                                                  2. Trace Element Stratigraphy
                                                                                    1. Applications in Correlation
                                                                                    2. Cyclostratigraphy
                                                                                      1. Astronomical Forcing
                                                                                        1. Milankovitch Cycles
                                                                                          1. Rhythmites and Cyclothems
                                                                                            1. Spectral Analysis
                                                                                              1. Astronomical Time Scale

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