2nd May 2008, 01:00 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by i_love_rocks
If a re-cut occurs, the same sequence of processes will obviously re-occur, so that a second 'primary fill' can occur above a secondary fill in a feature.
I still don't think that this example explains the phenomenon that Mr Hosty is asking about. In your example to recognise that there is a second primary fill within the feature you have by inference recongnised that there is a re-cut (even if by a quirk of the recording system the re-cut is not actually recorded). The sequence in each cut is still primary-secondary-tertiary. The site formation process is the same even if the recording system does not apply a unique identifier to each individual stratigraphic unit.