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Geoheritage Story Archive 2D: Reading Rock Strata in Cross-Section

Scrub an excavation depth through 14 stacked rock strata in plain cross-section and read off the age, era and thickness of whichever layer is exposed, using the principle of superposition.

Geology & Earth Science2DEasy60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🌍 Earth⇄ 3D version
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This 2D companion drags the same 14-layer strata stack from the 3D dig into a plain cross-section built for reading the timeline rather than orbiting a scene: a dashed line marks the excavation depth, an inset band lights up each layer as it's dug out, and hovering anywhere on the face pops up that layer's name, age and depositional era directly — the same superposition logic the 3D version teaches, just laid flat and easier to scan.

⚙ Under the hood

2D cross-section dig: scrub an excavation depth through 14 stacked rock strata and read off the age and era of whichever layer is exposed using the principle of superposition.

geologystratigraphysuperpositionearth sciencerelative dating

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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