KnowraLithostratigraphyLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to Lithostratigraphy, each with the reason it gives.All 9Broader topic 1Related 4Narrower topic 1Compared with 3BiostratigraphyCompared with: It groups strata by rock characteristics, not by fossil content or age.Geological mappingRelated: It supplies the formal framework for naming and correlating mapped rock units.Index fossilCompared with: Unlike lithostratigraphy, fossil correlation can connect layers with different rock types.ChronostratigraphyCompared with: Lithostratigraphic boundaries follow rock properties, which may cross time boundaries.Stratigraphic correlationRelated: Similar rock types can suggest continuity, but lithologic similarity alone does not prove contemporaneity.Geologic mapRelated: Many mapped units are defined by their lithology and position in a rock sequence.Stratigraphic unitBroader topic: It defines units such as formations by rock properties rather than age.Cratonic sequenceRelated: Lithologic changes help map the component formations within a cratonic sequence.Stratigraphic sectionNarrower topic: A section supplies the ordered lithologic evidence used to define and compare units.