lithology

33253 rows


Description

This table stores the lithologic descriptions of Collection Units.

Columns

Column Type Size Nulls Auto Default Children Parents Comments
lithologyid serial 10 √ nextval('ndb.seq_lithology_lithologyid'::regclass)

An arbitrary identification number for a lithologic unit.

collectionunitid int4 10 null
collectionunits.collectionunitid fk_lithology_collectionunits C

Collection Unit identification number. Field links to the CollectionUnits table.

depthtop float8 17,17 √ null

Depth of the top of the lithologic unit in cm.

depthbottom float8 17,17 √ null

Depth of the bottom of the lithologic unit in cm.

lowerboundary varchar 255 √ null
description text 2147483647 √ null

Description of the lithologic unit. These can be quite detailed, with Munsell color or Troels-Smith descriptions. Some examples: interbedded gray silt and peat marly fine-detritus copropel humified sedge and Sphagnum peat sedge peat 5YR 5/4 gray sandy loam with mammoth and other animal bones grey-green gyttja, oxidizing to gray-brown Ag 3, Ga 1, medium gray, firm, elastic nig3, strf0, elas2, sicc0; Th2 T12 Tb+ Ld°4, Ga+, Dg+, Dh+

recdatecreated timestamp 22 timezone('UTC'::text, now())
recdatemodified timestamp 22 null

Indexes

Constraint Name Type Sort Column(s)
lithology_pkey Primary key Asc lithologyid
ix_collectionunitid_lithology Performance Asc collectionunitid

Relationships