< p >没有,速记员的< a href = " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_original_horizontality " rel = " nofollow noreferrer " >原始水平状态原则< / >(我称之为维尼)不“安全”。它不是一个有用的理论。< / p > < p >不要混淆它与< a href = " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_superposition " rel = " nofollow noreferrer " >叠加定律< / >(也由于速记员),这是有用的。法是,在一般意义上,地层学的基石(哈!)…一些警告由于再沉积和其他进程。< / p > < p >为什么小熊维尼的?小和大尺度的概念“千层饼”地层学不耽误。事实上,它可能是无益的。< a href = " https://twitter.com/clasticdetritus " rel = " nofollow noreferrer " >布莱恩罗马人< / >关于这个话题,写一手好文章< em > 52的事情……地质< / em >(2014年由我编辑)——请参阅下面的链接。 In it, he refers to Bailey (1998), who described sedimentary bodies as 'lenticles' with complex 3D geometries. And you just have to look at some seismic reflection data from the continental shelf to appreciate that this principle applies to even an outwardly rather continuous environment (excerpt of a line in the Virtual Seismic Atlas): References
Bailey, R (1998). Review: Stratigraphy, Meta-Stratigraphy, and Chaos. Terra Nova 10, 222-230. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365- 3121.1998.00192.x
Romans, B (2014). Strata are not flat. In: M Hall, ed., 52 Things You Should Know About Geology. Agile Libre, Nova Scotia, 132 pp. ISBN 978-0-9879594-2-3. Available online.