Geological formation

Formation - body of rock identified by lithic characteristics and stratigraphic position; it is usually but not necessarily tabular and is mappable at the Earth's surface or traceable in the subsurface. Smaller than a subgroup. Article "Geological formation" in English Wikipedia has 42 points for quality (as of November 1, 2023). The article contains 15 references and 8 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Since the creation of article "Geological formation", its content was written by 85 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 459 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 12067 times in English Wikipedia (1426^th place) and cited 17985 times in all languages (8521^st place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #6543 in December 2017
• Global: #9056 in June 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #48733 in July 2010
• Global: #70530 in July 2010

There are 36 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from November 1, 2023 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

下表顯示了最高品質的文章的語言版本。

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Geological formation		41.9762
2	Russian (ru) Формация (стратиграфическое подразделение)		29.1995
3	Serbian (sr) Geološka formacija		28.8299
4	Slovak (sk) Súvrstvie		26.9333
5	Spanish (es) Formación geológica		26.4756
6	Catalan (ca) Formació geològica		25.2803
7	Hindi (hi) भूवैज्ञानिक रचना		25.2458
8	Arabic (ar) تكوين جيولوجي		22.7227
9	Basque (eu) Formazio geologiko		22.071
10	Japanese (ja) 層 (地質学)		21.1303

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Geological formation" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Geological formation		893 069
2	Spanish (es) Formación geológica		393 633
3	Portuguese (pt) Formação geológica		142 278
4	French (fr) Formation géologique		103 362
5	German (de) Formation (Geologie)		88 669
6	Polish (pl) Formacja (geologia)		39 279
7	Dutch (nl) Formatie (stratigrafie)		37 952
8	Persian (fa) سازند		35 101
9	Italian (it) Formazione (stratigrafia)		29 787
10	Arabic (ar) تكوين جيولوجي		29 111

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Geological formation" in October 2023

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Geological formation		4 795
2	Spanish (es) Formación geológica		1 548
3	French (fr) Formation géologique		726
4	Arabic (ar) تكوين جيولوجي		488
5	Portuguese (pt) Formação geológica		310
6	Persian (fa) سازند		293
7	Turkish (tr) Jeolojik yapı		273
8	German (de) Formation (Geologie)		269
9	Simple English (simple) Geological formation		212
10	Indonesian (id) Formasi geologi		207

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Geological formation" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Geological formation		85
2	German (de) Formation (Geologie)		54
3	Spanish (es) Formación geológica		31
4	French (fr) Formation géologique		30
5	Dutch (nl) Formatie (stratigrafie)		28
6	Hebrew (he) תצורה (גאולוגיה)		24
7	Italian (it) Formazione (stratigrafia)		23
8	Vietnamese (vi) Thành hệ địa chất		18
9	Ukrainian (uk) Геологічна формація		16
10	Catalan (ca) Formació geològica		15

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Geological formation" with the highest AI in October 2023

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Spanish (es) Formación geológica		2
2	Arabic (ar) تكوين جيولوجي		0
3	Catalan (ca) Formació geològica		0
4	Czech (cs) Souvrství		0
5	Danish (da) Formation (geologi)		0
6	German (de) Formation (Geologie)		0
7	Greek (el) Σχηματισμός (γεωλογία)		0
8	English (en) Geological formation		0
9	Esperanto (eo) Geologia formacio		0
10	Estonian (et) Kihistu		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Geological formation" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Geological formation		12 067
2	French (fr) Formation géologique		1 933
3	German (de) Formation (Geologie)		581
4	Portuguese (pt) Formação geológica		507
5	Dutch (nl) Formatie (stratigrafie)		467
6	Spanish (es) Formación geológica		417
7	Polish (pl) Formacja (geologia)		214
8	Russian (ru) Формация (стратиграфическое подразделение)		186
9	Estonian (et) Kihistu		181
10	Hebrew (he) תצורה (גאולוגיה)		166

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تكوين جيولوجي
ca	Catalan Formació geològica
cs	Czech Souvrství
da	Danish Formation (geologi)
de	German Formation (Geologie)
el	Greek Σχηματισμός (γεωλογία)
en	English Geological formation
eo	Esperanto Geologia formacio
es	Spanish Formación geológica
et	Estonian Kihistu
eu	Basque Formazio geologiko
fa	Persian سازند
fi	Finnish Muodostuma (stratigrafia)
fr	French Formation géologique
gl	Galician Formación xeolóxica
he	Hebrew תצורה (גאולוגיה)
hi	Hindi भूवैज्ञानिक रचना
hu	Hungarian Formáció (rétegtan)
id	Indonesian Formasi geologi
it	Italian Formazione (stratigrafia)
ja	Japanese 層 (地質学)
ka	Georgian გეოლოგიური ფორმაცია
ko	Korean 누층
nl	Dutch Formatie (stratigrafie)
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Geologisk formasjon
pl	Polish Formacja (geologia)
pt	Portuguese Formação geológica
ru	Russian Формация (стратиграфическое подразделение)
simple	Simple English Geological formation
sk	Slovak Súvrstvie
sr	Serbian Geološka formacija
sv	Swedish Formation (geologi)
tr	Turkish Jeolojik yapı
uk	Ukrainian Геологічна формація
vi	Vietnamese Thành hệ địa chất
zh	Chinese 组 (地质学)

Best Rank

English: #48733 07.2010

Global: #70530 07.2010

Best Rank

English: #6543 12.2017

Global: #9056 06.2013

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