*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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A branch of geology and earth sciences, stratigraphy is a field of study that deals with the arrangement and succession of strata (layers) in the Earth. Additionally, it involves the origin, ...

Editor's preface / A.V.G. Betts -- Preface / S.W. Helms -- Introduction / S.W. Helms -- Stratigraphy / S.W. Helms -- The Pottery / S.W. Helms -- Stamped, incised and ...

Cross Crater, about 65 kilometers in diameter, is located in the highlands of the Terra Sirenum region of Mars. Minerals like alunite and kaolin-bearing sediments have been detected in this crater.