A distinct lithologic type that occurs within a lithologic zone (observation) and isnot described as part of the primary lithology. It occurs where the zone isinterbedded and complex enough that separating each lithologic layer is notpractical, or where one lithology occurs as an inclusion within another.
How the component lithology is associated with the primary lithology:disseminated, interbedded or in inclusions. Values come from theenumerated list, or "Other: xx", where xx is a user-defined term whosemeaning differs from every listed value (not a synonym of one).
Database handle for the object. It is of XML type ID, so is constrained to beunique in the XML document within which it occurs. An external identifier for the object inthe form of a URI may be constructed using standard XML and XPointer methods. This is doneby concatenating the URI for the document, a fragment separator, and the value of the idattribute.
The relative significance of the component lithology, with 1 thehighest. It removes the ambiguity of inferring significance fromabundanceCode.
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