http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/stratigraphicrank/bed
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| definition | The smallest formal lithostratigraphic unit; usually a distinctive lithic entity which can be distinguished from adjacent rocks by one or more physical characteristics. | ||||||
| source | North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature; 2005; Salvador; 1994 | ||||||
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| in scheme | stratigraphicrank original | ||||||