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horizontality — index prostration Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Law of superposition — The law of superposition (or the principle of superposition) is a key axiom based on observations of natural history that is a foundational principle of sedimentary stratigraphy and so of other geology dependent natural sciences: The principle… … Wikipedia
Principle of original horizontality — A stratigraphic section of Ordovician rock exposed in central Tennessee, USA. The sediments composing these rocks were formed in an ocean and deposited in horizontal layers … Wikipedia
Original horizontality — The Original Horizontality is part of the Danish scientist Nicolaus Steno 1667 who laid the foundations for the modern science of stratigraphy.This principle states that sediments are deposited under the influence of gravity as nearly horizontal… … Wikipedia
Stare decisis — (Anglo Latin pronunciation: /ˈstɛəri dɨˈsaɪsɨs]) is a legal principle by which judges are obliged to respect the precedents established by prior decisions. The words originate from the phrasing of the principle in the Latin maxim Stare decisis et … Wikipedia
Geology — Oceanic crustContinental Crust] Geology (from Greek: γη, gê , earth ; and λόγος, logos , speech lit. to talk about the earth) is the science and study of the solid and liquid matter that constitute the Earth. The field of geology encompasses the… … Wikipedia
Cross-cutting relationships — Cross cutting relations can be used to determine the relative ages of rock strata and other geological structures. Explanations: A folded rock strata cut by a thrust fault; B large intrusion (cutting through A); C erosional angular unconformity… … Wikipedia
Stratigraphie (Archäologie) — Stratigraphie am Rand einer Ausgrabung in Athen Die Stratigraphie ist ein Teilgebiet der Archäologie und hilft bei der relativen archäologischen Altersbestimmung von Ablagerungen. Als archäologische Stratigraphie bezeichnet man die bei einer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
basilica — /beuh sil i keuh, zil /, n. 1. an early Christian or medieval church of the type built esp. in Italy, characterized by a plan including a nave, two or four side aisles, a semicircular apse, a narthex, and often other features, as a short transept … Universalium
Western architecture — Introduction history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present. The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… … Universalium
