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Registry sense verified against [Wikidata Q824979](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q824979).", "in_scope": [ "Group-level lithologic recognition criteria", "Constituent formations and optional subgroup or supergroup relationships", "Upper, lower and lateral boundaries", "Geographic extent and regional variation in constituent units", "Published definitions, reference sections and revisions", "Evidence and uncertainty supporting assignment and correlation" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Chemical groups, periodic-table groups and mathematical groups", "Complete descriptions of individual formations, members or beds", "Geological time units and their formal boundaries", "Independent models of depositional environments or tectonic events", "Mineral-resource estimates and engineering suitability assessments", "Ownership, access permissions and extraction rights" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "A group aggregates two or more associated formations sharing diagnostic lithologic properties; thickness alone does not establish group rank. See the [International Stratigraphic Guide](https://stratigraphy.org/guide/litho).", "Recognition depends on rock properties and stratigraphic relationships rather than a shared age alone. See the [International Stratigraphic Guide](https://stratigraphy.org/guide/litho).", "Regional changes in constituent formations do not automatically imply a different group. 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"id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q824979: group", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q824979", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Group (stratigraphy)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_%28stratigraphy%29", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "group-definition-and-rank", "name": "Group definition and rank", "description": "The published geological meaning of the group and the reason for aggregating its formations.", "rationale": "An agent must establish which named succession and definition a record invokes before assigning rocks to it.", "layers": [ { "id": "name-and-definition", "name": "Name and definition", "description": "Connect the group name to its defining usage and subsequent revisions.", "findings": [ { "id": "operative-group-definition", "name": "Operative group definition", "description": "Record the definition being applied, including regional and historical limits on its use.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which publication defines this group, and which revision governs the present interpretation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "operative-group-definition-q01" }, { "text": "Which older names are synonyms, and which refer to materially different successions?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "operative-group-definition-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "aggregation-and-hierarchy", "name": "Aggregation and hierarchy", "description": "Explain the relationship between group rank and its constituent geological units.", "findings": [ { "id": "formation-aggregation", "name": "Formation aggregation", "description": "Record constituent formations, any intervening subgroups and the geological justification for treating them together.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which formations belong to the group under the selected regional definition?", "kind": "definition", "id": "formation-aggregation-q01" }, { "text": "What diagnostic association makes their aggregation useful, and is a parent supergroup recognised?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "formation-aggregation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "lithologic-recognition", "name": "Lithologic recognition", "description": "The observations used to recognise the aggregate succession and distinguish neighbouring units.", "rationale": "Group assignment needs explicit geological tests that can be applied to field descriptions, cores and logs.", "layers": [ { "id": "diagnostic-association", "name": "Diagnostic association", "description": "Identify the combination of lithologic features that supports group membership.", "findings": [ { "id": "recognition-tests", "name": "Recognition tests", "description": "Separate decisive features from common but nondiagnostic attributes.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which combination of rock types, textures or sedimentary or volcanic 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"id": "contacts-and-regional-architecture", "name": "Contacts and regional architecture", "description": "The group's bounding contacts, internal succession and changing regional expression.", "rationale": "A useful model must distinguish the geological limits of the group from gaps in observation and structural disruption.", "layers": [ { "id": "bounding-contacts", "name": "Bounding contacts", "description": "Locate and justify the lower, upper and lateral limits.", "findings": [ { "id": "contact-placement", "name": "Contact placement", "description": "Record boundary criteria and the evidence for their placement at each locality.", "questions": [ { "text": "What observable change or published convention places each boundary in the examined section?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "contact-placement-q01" }, { "text": "Does an apparent termination represent a depositional contact, erosion, faulting or concealed continuation?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "contact-placement-q02" } ] } ] }, { 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