GLGY 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Igneous Rock, Vertebrate Paleontology, Marine Transgression
4 May 2019
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Use of fossils in stratigraphy began in the context of changes in the geological thinking. James hutton revolution in geological thinking in his book known by its shortened title as the theory of the earth . Breakthrough in the understanding the nature and effects of various geological processes at the surface and interior of our planet. He demonstrated that the changes at the earth"s surface are imperceptible and gradual, a concept sir charles lyell later named uniformitarianism. Cuvier considered that the present day earth was haped through catastrophes such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, abript crustal movements, marine transgression. This current of thinking is known as catastrophism. Curvier is considered the founding father of the vertebrate paleontology and comparative anatomy. Curvier layers containing continental vertebrate fossils often are sandwhiched between layers with marine fossils. Sir william smith produced highly-detailed geological map of. Map is acknowledged as the map that changed the world .
