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Meaning of microstratigraphy in English:

microstratigraphy

Pronunciation /ˌmʌɪkrəʊstrəˈtɪɡrəfi/

noun

Geology

  • 1The study of strata on a small or very detailed scale.

  • 2The detailed stratigraphical features of a site, geological deposit, etc.

Origin

1930s; earliest use found in The Geographical Review. From micro- + stratigraphy, after German mikrostratigraphisch, adjective.