Stratigraphy

Principle of Original Horizontality

Principle of Superposition

Principle of Lateral Continuity

Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships

Principle of Faunal Succession

What are the fundamentals for stratigraphy?

Lithostratigraphy

Chronostratigraphy

Chronostratigraphy - relative ages

Chronostratigraphy - absolute ages

Chemostratigraphy

How are time gaps typically formed in sedimentary rocks?

How are time gaps categorised?

Unconformity

Angular Unconformity

Disconformities

Nonconformities

How is the Geological Time Scale divided?

What are the rules for defining a formation?

Transgressive

Regressive

What criteria makes a fossil useful for biostratigraphy?

Biostratigraphic Zonation

Range/Biozone

First Occurrence

Last Occurrence

Biostratigraphic Unit

Interval Biozone

Assemblage Biozone

Abundance Biozone

Biostratigraphy vs. Lithostratigraphy

Chemostratigraphy

What isotopic ratios are used in chemostratigraphy?

How does chemiostratigraphy work?

Define kinetic and vital effect fractionation

What are the benefits of chemostratigraphy?

What can chemostratigraphy tell us?

What is the late Cambrian SPICE event?

Magnetostratigraphy

Cyclostratigraphy

Sequence Stratigraphy