law of superposition

law stating that newer strata stack above older ones
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law of superposition

Summary

law of superposition is a principle[1]. It draws 78 Wikipedia views per month (principle category, ranking #60 of 126).[2]

Key Facts

  • law of superposition is credited with the discovery of Nicolas Steno[3].
  • law of superposition's instance of is recorded as principle[4].
  • law of superposition's part of is recorded as Steno laws[5].
  • law of superposition's has use is recorded as dating method in archaeology[6].
  • law of superposition's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pdh5[7].
  • law of superposition's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/law-of-superposition[8].
  • law of superposition's Quora topic ID is recorded as Law-of-Superposition[9].
  • law of superposition's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 92174037[10].
  • law of superposition's Lex ID is recorded as superpositionsprincippet[11].

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Works and Contributions

law of superposition is credited with the discovery of Nicolas Steno[3].

Why It Matters

law of superposition draws 78 Wikipedia views per month (principle category, ranking #60 of 126).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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