Define and differentiate between lithology and stratigraphy?
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Lithology is the study of rocks and minerals.  Stratigraphy is the mapping of layers of sediments, perhaps composed of rocks of similar types.
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Hydrology\n\nHydrology (from Greek: Yδρoλoγια, Yδωρ+Λoγos, Hydrologia, the "study of water") is the study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water throughout the Earth.
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1. formation into layers or groups: the process of stratifying something, or the state of being stratified\n\n \n2. layer or group: a layer, caste, class, or group into which something is stratified
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1. Sedimentation.\n2. Compaction.\n3. Dewatering/degassing\n4. Lithification by heat and pressure.
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Steno's Principles\nOriginal horizontality- Strata was orginally deposited horizontally in layers due to gravity.\nOriginal Lateral Continuity- Strata will continue until it tapers off or hits the edge of a basin.\nCross-cutting Relationship- The intrusive strata is younger than the strata they cut through.\n\nIncluded fragments- Inclusions are older than its host rock.\nFossil Correlation- If same fossil assemblages in similar rocks than rocks the same ages.
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The difference between a laccolith and an eroding laccolith is:\n\nA laccolith forms as an intrusive volcanic\nstructure. A laccolith is any of a type of igneous intrusion (or concordant pluton) that has been injected between two strata of a sedimentary bed. The pressure of the magma is high enough that the overlying strata are forced upward, giving the laccolith a dome or mushroom-like shape, the floor of which is usually horizontal.\n\nAn eroding laccolith has been\nexposed on Earth’s surface by the erosion\nof the layers of rock above it.
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A mineral.  It's one of the characteristic differences between a rock and a mineral, that the mineral has a defined composition that will crytsalize.
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Geology is an earth science and is the study of rocks and minerals.
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Paleontology is the study of fossils.
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Earth science is any of several essentially geologic sciences that are concerned with the origin, structure, and physical phenomena of the earth.
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I believe the poetic analogy sought here is "a dream."\n\nHowever, I have no clue why this question appears under "Earth Sciences & Geology."\n\nHope this helps!
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Chronicling the duration of geologic eras via the strata of earth formations.
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Different locations = different soil and rock...\n\nDifferent soil and rock = different minerals dissolved in surface water...\n\nDifferent minerals disolved in surface water = different pH.\n\n(Yo Jargan:  "Geometric"???  Try Geographic...)
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Is this a question?  I was confused by the lack of a complete sentince.  \n\nHowever, if the strata are flat, there is no special name for it.  It's just a bedding layer.  It's measured by the strike (horizontal direction) and the dip (amount it's sloping down).  If it folds and the youngest material is on the inside, it's a syncline (v shaped), but if the youngest material is on the outside, it's an anticline (A shaped)  Then, if the fold is not level, it's called a plunging anticline/syncline.
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Hi!\n\nEarth science (also known as geoscience, the geosciences or the Earth Sciences), is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth.\n\nThe major historic disciplines (or major division of earth science) are physics, geography, mathematics, chemistry, and biology. These are used to build a quantitative understanding of the principal areas or spheres of the Earth system, namely \n\n1. Atmosphere\n2. Biosphere\n3. Hydrosphere\n4. Lithosphere or geosphere\n5. Pedosphere\n6. Systems\n7. Others \n\nI hope this helps in your research.
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Philosophy is about asking questions.\nPhysics is about answering questions.
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geology, geography, engineering, hydrology, chemistry, palentology