Meanings
nounyounging (uncountable)
- uncountablegeographyThe direction in which stratigraphy becomes younger, for a particular formation
Where well preserved, the pillows show cuspate lower boundaries and lobate upper contacts, defining stratigraphic younging (Fig. 3 E).
2001 May 11, Timothy M. Kusky et al., “The Archean Dongwanzi Ophiolite Complex, North China Craton: 2.505-Billion-Year-Old Oceanic Crust and Mantle”, in Science, volume 292, number 5519, →DOI, pages 1142–1145
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of young
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