TY - CHAP AU - Roberto Balia ED - Ă–mer Elitok Y1 - 2012-04-27 PY - 2012 T1 - Medium to Shallow Depth Stratigraphic Assessment Based on the Application of Geophysical Techniques N2 - Stratigraphy, a branch of geology, is the science of describing the vertical and lateral relationships of different rock formations formed through time to understand the earth history. These relationships may be based on lithologic properties (named lithostratigraphy), fossil content (labeled biostratigraphy), magnetic properties (called magnetostratigraphy), chemical features (named chemostratigraphy), reflection seismology (named seismic stratigraphy), age relations (called chronostratigraphy). Also, it refers to archaeological deposits called archaeological stratigraphy. Stratigraphy is built on the concept "the present is the key to the past" which was first outlined by James Hutton in the late 1700s and developed by Charles Lyell in the early 1800s. This book focuses particularly on application of geophysical methods in stratigraphic investigations and stratigraphic analysis of layered basin deposits from different geologic settings and present continental areas extending from Mexico region (north America) through Alpine belt including Italy, Greece, Iraq to Russia (northern Asia). BT - Stratigraphic Analysis of Layered Deposits SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/35669 DO - 10.5772/35669 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-24 ER -