EESA06H3 Chapter Notes -William Edmond Logan
26 Apr 2012
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William smith = father of english geology" he was the first to publish a geologic map. Rock layers and fossils found in bath. While travelling the world he compared different rock layers. Sir william logan = first to systematically describe the geology of. Managed a coal mine and copper smelt venture. His maps introduced a cross-section a hypothetical vertical slice through the land. Looking at the minerals in canada (rocks, soils, etc. ) he made a layout of the geology of canada. Believed that coal is an organic deposit. Highest canada"s mountain named after him (mount logan) What changes controlled the evolution of life forms: positioning of the continents, extraterrestrial processes (ex. Supercontinent called pangea an assemblage of all the continents: believed that pangea broke up into smaller continents that drifted, could not explain continental movement and how it happened apart to their present locations (theory rejected)
