| Graphic correlation<ref name=ch17r79>Shaw, A., B., 1964, Time in Stratigraphy: New York, McGraw-Hill, 365 p.</ref> is a widely accepted deterministic technique for ranking fossil occurrences according to the geological time represented in a set of reference sections. This approach has broad applications to solving biostratigraphic and sedimentologic problems (see Mann & Lane<ref name=ch17r61>Mann, K., O., Lane, H., R., eds., 1995, Graphic Correlation: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Special Publication 53, 263 p.</ref>). | | Graphic correlation<ref name=ch17r79>Shaw, A., B., 1964, Time in Stratigraphy: New York, McGraw-Hill, 365 p.</ref> is a widely accepted deterministic technique for ranking fossil occurrences according to the geological time represented in a set of reference sections. This approach has broad applications to solving biostratigraphic and sedimentologic problems (see Mann & Lane<ref name=ch17r61>Mann, K., O., Lane, H., R., eds., 1995, Graphic Correlation: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Special Publication 53, 263 p.</ref>). |
| The format for a graphic correlation is an x–y crossplot on which biostratigraphic data (tops, bases, abundance/diversity events) recorded by measured stratigraphic position in one section (y-axis) may be matched to like occurrences in another section or a composite standard (x-axis; see Figure 17-27). Based on the array of data points, a preferred overall correlation can be defined by one or more line segments. Points falling on the line(s) of correlation are interpreted to be synchronous markers; those off the line(s), diachronous. | | The format for a graphic correlation is an x–y crossplot on which biostratigraphic data (tops, bases, abundance/diversity events) recorded by measured stratigraphic position in one section (y-axis) may be matched to like occurrences in another section or a composite standard (x-axis; see Figure 17-27). Based on the array of data points, a preferred overall correlation can be defined by one or more line segments. Points falling on the line(s) of correlation are interpreted to be synchronous markers; those off the line(s), diachronous. |
| As applied to geologic interpretation, a composite standard (1) unifies biostratigraphic data into a high-resolution time correlation framework and (2) provides a quantitative basis for defining the time significance of faults, unconformities, and other sequence stratigraphic boundaries. | | As applied to geologic interpretation, a composite standard (1) unifies biostratigraphic data into a high-resolution time correlation framework and (2) provides a quantitative basis for defining the time significance of faults, unconformities, and other sequence stratigraphic boundaries. |