"This class holds terms to describe the S96 Environment of Rock Genesis." . . . "The environment of the genesis of a rock may also be called facies.\nIt is the past environment that typically differs significantly from the \ndeposit, i.e. the environment (stratum) where it was found nowadays.\n\nThe properties of the facies / environment of rock genesis usually can only be inferred from the rock or other material with varying certainty." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Components that are of biological origin, like coral skeletons, molluscs, foraminifera." . . . . . . . . . . . . "Material components of rocks, like remnants of corals, pisoids, vacuols, erosion etc." . . "Components as a result of bioerosion" . . . . . . . . . . "Facies is the past environment in which the fossil or rock sedimented. It is not the same as the deposit and typically exhibits (or rather, exhibited) other properties." . . "This class resembles stratigraphic periods that are / can be defined on a global scale.\nIt is recommended to use the terms and periods defined by the international stratigraphic chart." . . . . "Changelog see http://objekte-im-netz.fau.de/projekt/node/46" . . . . "Local stratigraphic periods are periods that are not defined globally but only with a local extend.\nFrom a hierarchical view, they are typically below the periods defined globally in the International Stratigraphic Chart." . .