younging
English edit
Noun edit
younging (uncountable)
- (geology) The direction in which stratigraphy becomes younger, for a particular formation
- 2001 May 11, Timothy M. Kusky et al., “The Archean Dongwanzi Ophiolite Complex, North China Craton: 2.505-Billion-Year-Old Oceanic Crust and Mantle”, in Science[1], volume 292, number 5519, , pages 1142–1145:
- Where well preserved, the pillows show cuspate lower boundaries and lobate upper contacts, defining stratigraphic younging (Fig. 3 E).
Verb edit
younging
- present participle and gerund of young