Stratigraphic column

A stratigraphic column is a representation used in geology and its subfield of stratigraphy to describe the vertical location of rock units in a particular area.

In areas that are more geologically complex, such as those that contain intrusive rocks, faults, and/or metamorphism, stratigraphic columns can still indicate the relative locations of these units with respect to one another.

The relative time sequencing requires the analysis of the order and position of layers of archaeological remains and the structure of a particular set of strata.

The sedimentary particles are deposited dependent on the net energy in the transportation vector, typically water when dealing with sediments clasts.

Columns are constructed from the stratigraphic base upward and should be plotted first in pencil in order to insure spaces for gaps at faults and unconformities.

Sections that are thicker than the height of the plate can be broken into two or more segments, with the stratigraphic base at the lower left and the top at the upper right.

[5] The following elements of a stratigraphic column are essential and are generally keyed to the figure:[5] This recorded information from above will give geologist a description of what rocks are in a cliff or underground.