Event stratigraphy (Topical Term)

Work cat.: 2003042771: Impact markers in the stratigraphic record, c2003: CIP galley (event stratigraphy)

Gloss. geol. (event stratigraphy: a term proposed by Seilacher (1981) for the study of individual sedimentary beds that record rare events, but revised by him (Seilacher, 1984) to apply to "the study of events at any scale")

Oxford comp. to the earth (event stratigraphy: the study of extraordinary or singular widespread geological events of very short duration [e.g. impact events, mass extinctions, volcanism] from their impressions in the geologic record)