Answer: Varves, the meatloaf of the Earth
Explanation: Do you know meatloaf? Well, we know that a meatloaf is basically a set of meat layers, one on top of another.
Varves are the same, but these are formed by layers of glaciar or mineral grains. All positioned, just as meat loaf, one on top of another: In sense of ascending seasons.
Varves are useful for GEOCHRONOLOGY, cause they can determinate the absolute age of some rocks of glaciar origins.