It's not uncommon to find the fossil imprints of seashells in the rocks lining streambeds here in upstate New York. Today we're looking deeper into this natural phenomenon and in the process discovered the huge importance fossils like these played in the creation of geology as a distinct scientific field.

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Sources / Further Reading

http://geology.teacherfriendlyguide.o...

​​https://www.degruyter.com/document/do...

https://earthathome.org/hoe/se/fossil...

https://blog.nyhistory.org/18696-2/

https://archive.org/details/elementso...

https://books.google.com/books?id=ppD...

https://www.jstor.org/stable/23153528

https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-...

https://www.fossilguy.com/sites/18mil...

https://www.fossilguy.com/id_papers/i...

http://wallace-online.org/converted/p...

http://www.bressan-geoconsult.eu/the-...

https://abriefhistoryoflife.com/2015/...

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...

https://www.loc.gov/resource/g9096c.c...

https://www.nms.ac.uk/media/1163885/f...

https://geo.libretexts.org/Courses/Ge...

https://web.archive.org/web/201603032...

https://www.loc.gov/item/2009579466/

https://uhlibraries.pressbooks.pub/hi...

https://www.museumoftheearth.org/lear...

https://earthathome.org/quick-guide-c...

https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbre...

https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.w...


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