ESCI 402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: James Hutton, Principle Of Faunal Succession, Uniformitarianism
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Natural history prior to 1500s: everything reconciled to bible creation date of earth considered to be october 23rd, 4004 bc. Most earth materials were thought to be related to noah"s flood. Leonardo da vinci: painted mona lisa invented scissors o refused theory that the flood found in the bible created fossil shells o, did not think fossils were carried by flood waters. James hutton o: uniformitarianism: cyclity of erosion and deposition (constant change) happen today happened in the past)- not always correct. No vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end - saw earth having infinite age geologic processes are uniform through all time (things that o. William smith: known as strata smith , principle of faunal succession: by unique assemblages of fossils that are changing through time first draft of map in 1800s sedimentary units/rock layers are characterized o.
