Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a stratigraphic manner; as regards stratigraphy, or the disposition of strata.
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- adverb In a
stratigraphic manner; with respect tostratigraphy
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Examples
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But an archaeological excavation is done stratigraphically, that is, layer by layer, so that the depth of each find can be recorded.
Priceless Mariah Stewart 1999
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But an archaeological excavation is done stratigraphically, that is, layer by layer, so that the depth of each find can be recorded.
Priceless Mariah Stewart 1999
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Ideally, we wouldn't have so drastic an impact on the world that it shows up stratigraphically.
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Ideally, we wouldn't have so drastic an impact on the world that it shows up stratigraphically.
The Anthropocene 2010
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Only part of the structure has remained stratigraphically intact where various strata appear in chronological sequence.
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Values are averages of raw measurements from overlapping, stratigraphically correlated sections providing continuous coverage from A.D. 442 to 1998.
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Unfortunately you can't carbon-date metal and short of finding another example in a stratigraphically well-defined context I can't think of any way to resolve the question.
Crying wolf 2006
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… Occurring in layers stratigraphically below the Columbia River Basalts are thick layers of water-deposited, fossil-bearing, sedimentary rock, obviously deposited by the Flood itself.
Steve Steve and the Fossil-Fossils of De-Na-Zin - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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To document the building history of the building, including establishing its construction date stratigraphically, documenting any subsequent changes and defining its period of abandonment.
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The stratigraphically (higher) younger kiln was severely destroyed by the subsequent dumping of stones and by rodent activity (bioturbation).
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