"marker horizon" meaning in All languages combined

See marker horizon on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: marker horizons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} marker horizon (plural marker horizons)
  1. (geochronology) A stratigraphic unit of distinctive lithology with a wide geographical extent used in stratigraphic correlation. Synonyms: chronohorizon, key bed, marker bed
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