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type section [′tīp ‚sek·shən]

(geology)

That sequence of strata identified as the original sequence for a location or area; the standard against which other stratigraphy of parts of the area are compared. Also known as section.

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No references found			Lithology and Fauna of the Type Sections of the Caradoc Series in Northern Estonia. Ripple marks as indicators of Late Ordovician sedimentary ... by Hints, Linda; Miidel, Avo / Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences Since the mid-1990s, however, the International Commission on Stratigraphy and numerous research groups have been building a more universal and globally usable time scale with carefully selected key events and type sections [see reference 9 and references therein]. Age of Estonian kukersite oil shale--middle or late Ordovician? by Hints, O.; Nolvak, J.; Viira, V. / Oil Shale A characterization of the type section of the Ontika subseries. Lower Ordovician Leetse Formation in the North Estonian Klint ... by Viira, Viive; Mens, Kaisa; Nemliher, Juri / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology			type gage type I assembly type I error type I of Cori Type I portland cement type I superconductor type I supernova type Ia supernova type Ib supernova type Ic supernova type II assembly Type II Cepheids type II error type II portland cement type II superconductor type II supernova type II-L supernova type II-P supernova type III assembly type III cement type inference type IV cement type locality Type Metal type scheme type section Type Size Type, Literary type-a leader type-ahead type-ahead search type-bar printer type-DWV tubing type-in traffic type-M carcinotron type-O carcinotron type-S fuse type-ß leader type-X gypsum lath type-X gypsum wallboard typeahead typeahead buffer Typecasting typed lambda-calculus TypedProlog typeface typeface family typematic typeover mode types of hardware types of software			Type of Insurance Type of Mission Type Of Number Type of Occurrence Classification System Type of Person Who Uses Internet Acronyms Type of Relationship Type of Service Type Of Shipment Type of Signalling Type of US DOD SIGINT Satellite Type of writing Type One Diabetes Assistance and Enlightenment type out type out type over Type Pack Type Physical Inventory Code Type physicalism Type physicalism Type polymorphism Type Rating Examiner Type Rating Instructor Type Rating Training Organization Type Requisition Code type scaler type scheme type section Type setting Type setting type site type sites type size type slug Type Something Long type species type species type species type species Type Specific Driver type specificity type specimen type specimens Type Storage Code type style Type system type T personality Type T-Negative Type T-Positive Mental Type T-Positive Physical Type three secretion system Type three secretion system Type three secretion system Type three secretion system Type To Learn Type To You Later Type Training Type Training in Port

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