neostratotype

English

Etymology

From neo- +‎ stratotype.

Noun

neostratotype (plural neostratotypes)

  1. (geology) A stratotype designated after the holostratotype as a replacement for it (in the case of it being rendered inaccessible to geologists) to describe a stratigraphic unit.
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