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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stratigraphy /strəˈtɪgrəfi/

▶noun

1 the branch of geology concerned with the order and relative dating of strata.

2 the analysis of the order and position of layers of archaeological remains.

3 the structure of a particular set of strata.

– derivatives
stratigrapher noun,
stratigraphic adjective,
stratigraphical adjective.

– origin C19: from stratum + -graphy.

'stratigraphic' also found in these Oxford entries:

lower - stratigraphy - upper

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