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GEOLOGICAL HORIZON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does geological horizon mean? 

GEOLOGICAL HORIZON (noun)
  The noun GEOLOGICAL HORIZON has 1 sense:

1. a layer of rock with a particular composition (especially of fossils); for dating the stratumplay

  Familiarity information: GEOLOGICAL HORIZON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GEOLOGICAL HORIZON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A layer of rock with a particular composition (especially of fossils); for dating the stratum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("geological horizon" is a kind of...):

horizon (a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land)


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