Abstract
The stratigraphic record is hierarchical and three dimensional. It is composed of complex lithologic units formed over time scales ranging from seconds to hundreds of millions of years that may be defined and described on all scales from the thin-section to the basin fill. Preservation is fragmentary, yet stratigraphic order may be perceived at many levels, from the cyclicity observed in vertical profile, to the sequences mappable across and between basins. Modern work on some specific field examples is described in order to illustrate recent concepts concerning the “stratigraphy machine,” which is described and explained in this chapter. Current developments in high-resolution stratigraphy include the recognition of orbitally forced cyclicity at many levels in the Phanerozoic record, and this is facilitating the development of an astrochronology for the Cenozoic and parts of earlier systems.
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Miall, A.D. (2022). The Future of Time. In: Stratigraphy: A Modern Synthesis. Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87536-7_8
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