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stratigrapher

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stratigrapher [strə′tig·rə·fər]
(geology)
A geologist who deals with stratified rocks, for example, the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of rocks.


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For example, previously, a stratigrapher looking at an outcrop layer containing shallow-water fossils might have simply concluded that sea level had fallen.
Clarence Campbell is a carbonate and siliciclastic sedimentologist and stratigrapher who has worked extensively domestically and internationally on numerous projects involving carbonates, evaporites and siliciclastic sequences.
A few years ago, Jim Fassett, a stratigrapher at the U.
 
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