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- noun geology A subdivision of any
stratigraphic unit that has characteristiclithologic features
Etymologies
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litho- + facies
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Environmental change in eastern Greenland during the last 1300 years: evidence from foraminifera and lithofacies in Nansen Fjord
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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