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Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...
The definition of a type 1 and type 2 sequence was first introduced by Vail et al. (1984). [4] Since they were hard to recognize, they were redefined in 1990 by Van Wagoner et al.. However even with this new definition, type 2 sequence boundaries were hard to recognize in the field due to their lack of subaerial exposure.
This is a list of Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points. Since 1977, Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (abbreviated GSSPs) are internationally agreed upon reference points on stratigraphic sections of rock which define the lower boundaries of stages on the geologic time scale .
Stratigraphic unit: Stage: Time span formality: Formal: Lower boundary definition: FAD of the calcareous nannofossil Blackites inflatus: Lower boundary GSSP: Gorrondatxe section, Western Pyrenees, Basque Country, Spain: Lower GSSP ratified: April 2011 [3] Upper boundary definition
The golden spikes on geologic timescales represent internationally agreed upon references for the boundaries of the stages in the geologic timescale. These contacts have been identified by the International Commission on Stratigraphy and they are known as GSSPs, or global boundary stratotype section and points. Some of these boundary points are ...
The Oxford Companion to Music describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory": The first is the "rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (key signatures, time signatures, and rhythmic notation); the second is learning scholars' views on music from antiquity to the present; the third is a sub-topic of musicology ...
Stratigraphic unit: Stage: Time span formality: Formal: Lower boundary definition: LAD of Planktonic Foraminiferans Hantkenina and Cribrohantkenina: Lower boundary GSSP: Massignano quarry section, Massignano, Ancona, Italy: Lower GSSP ratified: 1992 [3] Upper boundary definition
Sequence stratigraphy is a branch of geology, specifically a branch of stratigraphy, that attempts to discern and understand historic geology through time by subdividing and linking sedimentary deposits into unconformity bounded units on a variety of scales.