International Commission on Stratigraphy

Deciphering Earth’s History: the Practice of Stratigraphy

The chapter provided below is part of a Geoscience in Practice volume, published by the Geological Society, London on how to apply the wide range of different stratigraphical techniques available and entitled: ‘Deciphering Earth’s History: the Practice of Stratigraphy’ (2022).

The whole volume is available in print and eBook formats via the Geological Society website:

Disclaimer: this chapter is made freely available to the ICS community by special arrangement with the Geological Society, London as publisher, for non-commercial use only. Subject to usual copyright and permissions as detailed in the footer of page 1 of the permissions website.

Harper, D.A.T., Bown, P., and Coe, A.L., 2022, Chronostratigraphy: understanding rocks and time. In: Coe, A.L., ed., Deciphering Earth’s History: the Practice of Stratigraphy. Geological Society, London, pp. 227-243.

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