stratigraphy

Stratigraphy , stratigraphy (Latin stratum "stratum", ancient Greek grápheïn "write") or stratigraphy stands for:

• Stratigraphy (art history) , investigation of the painting layer sequences on works of art
• Stratigraphy (archeology) , study of the layer sequence and correlation in archeology
• Stratigraphy (geology) , study of the sequence and correlation of layers in geology, with the sub-disciplines
  • Allostratigraphy , uses guide benches and surfaces
  • Biostratigraphy , uses fossils
  • Chronostratigraphy , interdisciplinary (including absolute dating)
  • Event stratigraphy , uses various anomalies in the layer structure
  • Lithostratigraphy , uses the rock features (material, color, texture, etc.)
  • Magnetostratigraphy , uses the transmission of the polarity of the earth's magnetic field in the rock
  • Sequence stratigraphy , uses various abnormalities in the layer structure that go back to the sedimentation dynamics

See also:

• Bench (stratigraphy)
• Layer (disambiguation)
• Layer level (geomorphology)
• Layering (disambiguation)
• Stratification (disambiguation)
• Large stratigraphic diorama in the Paulikloster
• Stratigraphic principle
• Stratum (disambiguation)

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.