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Sadler effect

noun

Sadler effect

noun

Etymology Named after American geologist Peter Sadler.

1

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences The appearance of lower sedimentation rates in stratigraphic sections covering greater amounts of time, as a result of the relative rarity of geologic events that remove large amounts of sediment.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.