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body of rock identified by lithic characteristics and stratigraphic position; it is usually but not necessarily tabular and is mappable at the Earth's surface or traceable in the subsurface. Smaller than a subgroup
Pronunciation
/fɔrˈmeɪʃən/
/fɔːˈmeɪʃən/
Categories
lithostratigraphic unit