[column-stratigraphic] Stratigraphic Column with Lithology Patterns

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Description

A vertical column visualization showing geological rock layers with standardized lithology patterns (e.g., brick pattern for limestone, dots for sandstone), formation names, ages, and thickness scales.

Key Visual Elements

• Vertical column with stacked layers
• Standardized geological patterns (FGDC/USGS lithology symbols)
• Formation/member names labeled
• Depth or thickness scale on side
• Age markers (Ma or period names)
• Grain size profile alongside (optional)
• Fossil symbols or sedimentary structures (optional)

Applications

• Stratigraphy: describing borehole/outcrop sections
• Petroleum geology: well log visualization
• Environmental geology: site characterization
• Geological education: teaching sedimentary sequences

Domain

Geology / Earth Sciences

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✅ Spec ID: column-stratigraphic

Rationale: Uses "column" as the plot type (vertical stacked visualization) with "stratigraphic" as the geological variant, matching the established term "stratigraphic column" used in earth sciences.

This is a valid and unique plot type — no existing specs cover geological stratigraphic column visualizations with lithology patterns. The closest existing specs (bar-stacked, area-stacked) serve fundamentally different purposes.

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✅ Specification Ready: column-stratigraphic

PR: #4600

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specification.md

column-stratigraphic: Stratigraphic Column with Lithology Patterns

Description

A vertical column visualization showing geological rock layers with standardized lithology patterns, formation names, ages, and thickness scales. Each layer is represented as a stacked rectangular block filled with a distinctive pattern (e.g., brick pattern for limestone, dots for sandstone, dashes for shale) following FGDC/USGS conventions. This plot is essential for communicating subsurface geology and sedimentary sequences in a compact, standardized format.

Applications

• Stratigraphy: describing borehole or outcrop sections with standardized lithology symbols for geological reports
• Petroleum geology: visualizing well log lithological intervals alongside wireline log data
• Environmental geology: site characterization showing subsurface material types and aquifer geometry
• Geological education: teaching sedimentary sequences, unconformities, and stratigraphic principles

Data

• top (numeric) - depth or elevation of the top of each layer in meters
• bottom (numeric) - depth or elevation of the bottom of each layer in meters
• lithology (categorical) - rock type for each layer (e.g., sandstone, limestone, shale, siltstone, conglomerate)
• formation (string) - formation or member name for each layer
• age (string) - geological age label (e.g., "Cretaceous", "65 Ma")
• Size: 5-20 layers
• Example: a synthetic sedimentary section with 8-10 layers of varying thickness and lithology, spanning multiple geological periods

Notes

• Each lithology type should use a distinct fill pattern (hatching or texture) that approximates standard geological map symbols (e.g., brick pattern for limestone, stipple dots for sandstone, horizontal dashes for shale, random dashes for siltstone)
• The vertical axis represents depth or thickness (increasing downward by convention in borehole logs, or upward for outcrop sections); use increasing downward for this spec
• Formation names should be labeled to the right of or within each layer
• Age labels or geological period names should appear on the left side or as annotations
• A thickness/depth scale bar should be shown on the left axis with appropriate units (meters)
• Layer boundaries should be drawn as solid horizontal lines; unconformities may use wavy lines
• Use a minimum of 5 distinct lithology patterns to demonstrate variety

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🚀 Specification Merged!

Specification: column-stratigraphic
PR: #4600 (merged)

The specification is now in main and synced to PostgreSQL.

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