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stratigraphic, a.|strætɪˈgræfɪk|
[f. stratigraphy: see -graphic. Cf. F. stratigraphique.]
= next. Also transf. and fig.
1877Le Conte Elem. Geol. (1879) 401 The lower portion is very barren of fossils, and this means of correcting the stratigraphic conclusion was at first nearly wanting. 1880Nature 22 Jan. 290/1 Stratigraphic observations on the pre⁓carboniferous formation of Valtellina and Calabria. 1884American VIII. 300 Geography and Stratigraphic Geology. 1896J. P. Smith in Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. Nov. 222 The absence of a paleontologic or stratigraphic break was a sufficient reason for calling the beds in question Upper Coal Measures rather than Permian.
transf.1912Man XII. 134 Throughout the Old World the careful study of quaternary implements, and stratigraphic analysis of the conditions accompanying the different types, almost always make it possible to date a quaternary industry by the typical forms contained in it. 1972Computers & Humanities VII. 39 One of the most characteristically archaeological of these uses is the generation and printing of stratigraphic backplots of artifacts and other items in a site.
fig.1976Jrnl. Asian Studies XXXV. 636 Another stratigraphic approach to Indian society. |