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columnar section

A geologic illustration that shows in a graphic manner, and by use of conventional symbols for different rock types, the successive rock units that occur throughout a given area or at a specific locality. It may be accompanied by a very brief description of 671 lithology and by appropriate brief notations indicating the thickness, age, and classification of the rocks.

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