层型

层型(stratotype)或类型剖面(type section)是一条地质术语,指专用于参考而显露的地层层序或地层界线的物理位置或露头。如果地层单位呈分层状,则称为层型,而非层状岩石的参考标准则是典型地区[1]

当地层单元未完全暴露时,其原始类型剖面可补充覆盖该单元全部厚度的“参考剖面”;当原始类型剖面暴露不良时,还可定义参考剖面,对于未指定类型剖面的的历史单元,可遵照更现代的标准定义参考剖面[2]

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参考文献

  1. . International Commission on Stratigraphy. [20 August 2017]. (原始内容存档于2014-09-10).
  2. North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature. (PDF). AAPG Bulletin. November 2005, 89 (11): 1563 [8 August 2020]. doi:10.1306/07050504129. (原始内容存档 (PDF)于2021-03-18).
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