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. Usually the aim is correlation, demonstrating that a particular horizon in one geological section represents the same period of time as another horizon at some other section. T...
Found on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biostratigraphy
branch of stratigraphy which focuses on correlating and assigning relative ages of rock strata by using the fossil assemblages contained within them.
Found on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_geology
The study and classification of rocks and their history based on their fossil content.
Found on
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/geology/geo_glossary_page.html
The study of rock layers (e.g., distribution, environment of deposition, age) based on their fossils; biostratigraphic
Found on
http://www.scientificpsychic.com/etc/geology-glossary.html
n. The study of rock layers (e.g., distribution, environment of deposition, age) based on their fossils; biostratigraphic- adj.
Found on
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss2geol.html
n. The study of rock layers (e.g., distribution, environment of deposition, age) based on their fossils; biostratigraphic- adj.
Found on
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/glossary_2.html
biostratigraphy, biostratigraphic The study and classification of rock strata based on their fossil content; stratigraphic paleontology.
Found on
http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2724/10
The subdivision and correlation of sequences of strata using fossils.
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20501
The branch of geology concerned with the separation and differentiation of rock units by means of the study of the fossils they contain.
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21202
The classification of rock successions based on fossil content.
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/23001
a branch of geology dealing with the differentiation of sedimentary rock units on the basis of the fossils they contain.
Found on
https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/biostratigraphy
No exact match found.
