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reference section

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: reference section
(′ref·rəns ′sek·shən)

(geology) A rock section, or group of sections, designated to supplement the type section, or sometimes to supplant it (as where the type section is no longer exposed), and to afford a standard for correlation for a certain part of the geologic column.


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