On the directional nature of stratigraphic correlation
By: Tipper, John C
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ArticleDescription: 149-155p ; Illustration.Subject(s): Stratigraphic correlation | Methods - Stratigraphic correlation
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Geological magazine : Vol. 124 Iss. 1-6 Year. 1987Summary: Abstract
In every correlation exercise the diachroneity of the lithostratigraphic boundaries determines the discrepancy between lithostratigraphic correlation and time-correlation. Here it is shown that diachroneity varies in degree as a simple function of the direction in which correlation is made, and hence that stratigraphic correlation must take that direction into account. When the direction of correlation is not known, a sound strategy for time-correlation of lithostratigraphic boundaries is to assume that each is at its most diachronous.
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Abstract
In every correlation exercise the diachroneity of the lithostratigraphic boundaries determines the discrepancy between lithostratigraphic correlation and time-correlation. Here it is shown that diachroneity varies in degree as a simple function of the direction in which correlation is made, and hence that stratigraphic correlation must take that direction into account. When the direction of correlation is not known, a sound strategy for time-correlation of lithostratigraphic boundaries is to assume that each is at its most diachronous.
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