💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cratonic sequence"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| megasequencenoun | (geology, archaeology) A very large sequence of strata |
| parasequencenoun | (geology) A relatively conformable, genetically related succession of beds and bedsets bounded by marine flooding surfaces and their correlative surfaces. |
| stagenoun | A phase. |
| orthogeosynclinenoun | (geology) A linear geosynclinal belt lying between continental and oceanic cratons, and having internal volcanic belts (eugeosynclinal) and external nonvolcanic belts (miogeosynclinal). Also known as geosynclinal couple; primary geosyncline. |
| successionnoun | An act, process, or instance of succeeding: |
| parageosynclinenoun | (geology) A geosyncline within or adjacent to a craton and usually less elongated, shallower, and less persistent than an orthogeosyncline. |
| sectionnoun | A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something. |
| geosynclinenoun | (geology) A large, linear depression in the Earth's crust in which sediment accumulates. |
| cyclothemnoun | (geology) A vertical stratigraphic sequence caused by repeated flooding by the sea |
| transgressionnoun | A violation of a law, duty or commandment. |
| geosynclinalnoun | (geology) The downward bend or subsidence of the Earth's crust, which permits the gradual accumulation of sediment and hence forms the first step in the formation of a mountain range. |
| allostratigraphynoun | (geology) The study and classification of rock strata by their bounding surfaces, such as unconformities and other types of uncomformable contacts that create discontinuities in the rock record. |
| geanticlinalnoun | (geology) A geanticline |
| continental driftnoun | (geology) The slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics. |
| tectonic platenoun | (geology) Any of several large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere which participate in plate tectonics. |
| geanticlinenoun | (geology, geography) A large-scale anticline; a large upward lift in the earth's surface. |
| climosequencenoun | (soil science) A sequence of soil profiles, typically on a hillside, that differ in climatic conditions |
| striationnoun | (countable, geomorphology) One of a number of parallel scratch lines in rock outcrops, formed when glaciers dragged rocks across the landscape. |
| synclinalnoun | (geology) A synclinal fold. |
| onlapnoun | (geology) The phenomenon of successively younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks. |
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