stratigraphicadj.

1830 S. Woodward Synoptic Table Brit. Org. Remains Pref. p. viii The stratagraphic sequence observed is conformable to recent discoveries.

1835 Trans. Geol. Soc. 2nd Ser. 4 334 The stratigraphic distribution of the several species.

1896 J. P. Smith in Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 35 222 The absence of a paleontologic or stratigraphic break was a sufficient reason for calling the beds in question Upper Coal Measures rather than Permian.

1912 Man 12 134 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.

1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Mar. 91/1 A case illustrating uranium's inconsistency in selecting stratigraphic horizons is the really important discovery..of rich pitchblende and torbernite in pre-Cambrian schists.

1972 Computers & Humanities 7 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.

2012 Micropaleontology 58 32/1 The Globigerinatheka datum is present at its expected stratigraphic level.