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(geology) The direction in which stratigraphy becomes younger, for a particular formation.
Where well preserved, the pillows show cuspate lower boundaries and lobate upper contacts, defining stratigraphic younging (Fig. 3 E).
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Younging means (geology) The direction in which stratigraphy becomes younger, for a particular formation.
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Where well preserved, the pillows show cuspate lower boundaries and lobate upper contacts, defining stratigraphic younging (Fig. 3 E).
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