• The principle of faunal succession, also known as the law of faunal succession, is based on the observation that sedimentary rock strata contain fossilized...
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    structural geology. Law of superposition Principle of cross-cutting relationships Principle of faunal succession Principle of lateral continuity The Wikibook...
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    on the topic of: Steno's principles Harris matrix Principle of cross-cutting relationships Principle of faunal succession Principle of lateral continuity...
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    of the lowest layer to deposition of the highest bed. The principle of faunal succession is based on the appearance of fossils in sedimentary rocks. As...
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  • of faunal succession – Concept in geology Petrogenesis – Processes that form rock History of geology Geological history of Earth – The sequence of major...
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    of its interior, except for the liquid outer core and pockets of magma in the asthenosphere. The study of rocks involves multiple subdisciplines of geology...
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    Erosion (redirect from Erosion of land)
    Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's...
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  • paleontology a faunal assemblage is a group of associated animal fossils found together in a given stratum. The principle of faunal succession is used in...
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    based on William Smith's principle of faunal succession, which predated, and was one of the first and most powerful lines of evidence for, biological...
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    Biostratigraphy (category Subfields of paleontology)
    in assemblages that appeared identical at first, lead to the principle of faunal succession, where fossil organisms succeed one another in a definite and...
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    distribution of certain sedimentary rock types, faunal provinces shown by particular fossil groups, and the position of orogenic belts. The movement of plates...
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    original horizontality, principle of lateral continuity, and the principle of faunal succession. On Ordnance Survey maps in Great Britain, cliffs are distinguished...
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    named after the geologist Johannes Walther, states that the vertical succession of facies reflects lateral changes in environment. Conversely, it states...
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    a page on the topic of: Cross-cutting relationships Principle of faunal succession Principle of lateral continuity Principle of original horizontality...
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    for the relative dating of layers using artefact typologies. It is analogous to the geological principle of faunal succession, although Harris argued...
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  • Principle of original horizontality Law of superposition Principle of lateral continuity Principle of cross-cutting relationships Principle of faunal...
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    from deposition of the lowest layer to deposition of the highest bed. The principle of faunal succession is based on the appearance of fossils in sedimentary...
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    they contained. He termed this the principle of faunal succession. This principle became one of Darwin's chief pieces of evidence that biological evolution...
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    Stegodon aurorae (category Pleistocene mammals of Asia)
    hundred and fifty sites in Japan.: 149  In accordance with the principle of faunal succession, the following sequence has been established: Gomphotherium...
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    Georges Cuvier (category Members of the Chamber of Peers of the July Monarchy)
    on a geological map of England, which also used characteristic fossils and the principle of faunal succession to correlate layers of sedimentary rock, the...
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    dissolution of underlying carbonate rock by groundwater; gradual compaction of sediments; withdrawal of fluid lava from beneath a solidified crust of rock;...
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    Weathering is the deterioration of rocks, soils and minerals (as well as wood and artificial materials) through contact with water, atmospheric gases,...
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    William Smith (geologist) (category People of the Industrial Revolution)
    This gave Smith a testable hypothesis, which he termed The Principle of Faunal Succession, and he began his search to determine if the relationships between...
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  • Chemofacies of Source Rock Analogues: A High-Resolution Analysis of Black Shale Successions from the Lower Silurian Formigoso Formation (Cantabrian Mountains...
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  • Dynamic equilibrium Ecological resilience Keystone species Principle of faunal succession Systems analysis Trophic coherence Random generalized Lotka–Volterra...
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  • geological survey is the systematic investigation of the geology beneath a given piece of ground for the purpose of creating a geological map or model. Geological...
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  • Principle of lateral continuity Principle of faunal succession Seriation (archaeology) Sequence dating (a type of seriation) Tephrochronology Typology (archaeology)...
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  • Z See also References External links facies The sum of the lithological and faunal characters of a sediment is its facies. Lithological facies involves...
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    Engineering geology is the application of geology to engineering study for the purpose of assuring that the geological factors regarding the location,...
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    The history of geology is concerned with the development of the natural science of geology. Geology is the scientific study of the origin, history, and...
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