This post reviews some fundamental concepts of stratigraphy that are discussed in a 1964 GSA Bulletin paper by Harry Wheeler. At the same time, it is an essay about my own quest to really understand ...

*NOTE: This post was included in Classic Science Papers 2008 Challenge, which has posts about a classic paper across many disciplines. That list was expanded and became the first installment of a new ...

Sedimentology explores the origin, transport, deposition and diagenetic alterations of the materials that compose sediments and sedimentary rocks. Stratigraphy investigates how those types of rocks ...

Stratigraphy: Archaeological Dating Techniques In the next instalment of the Archaeology 101 set of videos, I eat Jell-O to explain stratigraphy!! Stratigraphy is super important, and the backbone of ...

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Sequence stratigraphy is a relatively new branch of geology that attempts to link prehistoric sea-level changes to sedimentary deposits. The 'sequence' part of the name refers to cyclic sedimentary ...

Gale Crater’s central sedimentary mound (Aeolis Mons or, informally, Mount Sharp) is a 5.5-km-tall remnant of the infilling and erosion of this ancient impact crater. Given its thickness and age, ...