Textual Amendments
Roles that a compositional part plays in a geologic unit.
The allowed values for this code list comprise the values specified in the table below and additional values at any level defined by data providers.
This code list is hierarchical.
| Value | Name | Definition | Parent |
|---|---|---|---|
| onlyPart | only part | Entire described unit consists of a single part or constituent. | |
| partOf | part of | The geologic unit part role is not known in any greater detail. | |
| facies | facies | Represents a particular body of rock that is a lateral variant of a lithostratigraphic unit, or a variant of a lithodemic unit. | partOf |
| inclusion | inclusion | Geologic unit constituent is present as masses with generally sharp boundaries enclosed within a matrix of some other material. | partOf |
| lithosome | lithosome | A kind of rock body that has multiple occurrences in a single geologic unit. A mass of rock of uniform character, characterized by geometry, composition, and internal structure. | partOf |
| stratigraphicPart | stratigraphic part | A geologic unit part that occupies a particular stratigraphic position within a geologic unit. | partOf |
| unspecifiedPartRole | unspecified part role | Geologic unit part with unspecified role. | partOf] |