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The scientific discipline concerned with the description of rock successions and their interpretations in terms of a general time scale is called:

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Paleontology

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Stratigraphy

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Mineralogy

D

Geodesy

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Stratigraphy Stratigraphy, scientific discipline concerned with the description of rock successions and their interpretation in terms of a general time scale. It provides a basis for historical geology, and its principles and methods have found application in such fields as petroleum geology and archaeology.
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