Rock Stratification, Sintra, Portugal
N 38° 44.263 W 009° 27.343
29S E 460393 N 4287769
An impressive stratigraphical sequence near the contact with the Sintra granite.
Waymark Code: WM44TT
Location: Portugal
Date Posted: 07/07/2008
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There is a wide area where this phenomenon can be easily seen
This spot has been chosen specifically because the outcrop is large enough to be seen from 10 m away and there are no geological complications and you can see the strata in cross section.
It's just by the road.
Biostratigraphy or paleontologic stratigraphy is based on fossil evidence in the rock layers. Strata from widespread locations containing the same fossil fauna and flora are correlatable in time.
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