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By Derek V. Ager
A full of life account of the Earth's heritage as recorded in rocks. encompasses a variety of generalities in regards to the stratigraphical column. suggestions provided run counter to the perspectives held by way of many earth scientists hence offering a brand new examine the advance of rules serious about the construction of our planet.
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W be called the first main proposition of this book: \1 c"t'rfaill ''•'ltnllmmt times in earth history, particular types of sedimentary were prevalent over vast areas of the earth's surface. llw:: may be called the 'Phenomenon of the Persistence of Facies'. REFERENCES
Soc. , Vol. 79, pp. 1527-1544. A general comparison of the West Australian, South African and North American basins. I rueman, A. E. (1946). 'StTatigraphical Problems in the Coal Measures nf Europe and North America', Quart. J. Geo/. , Vol. 102, pp. 49-86. 1ssic paper on the Late Carboniferous of the northern hemisphere. \. n '-ilraaten, L. M . J. U. (1971). 'Origin of Solnhofen Limestone', Geol. 11f11/7ouw, Vol. 50, pp. 3- 8 (1971). l'roposes offshore sediment traps rather than back-reef lagoons.
Tfterwards, and several other families somehow survived this ll' n porary eclipse. The crinoids, the belemnites and the corals bt haved similarly. vramids of paper have been piled up on the subject of faunal pre 1vinces in the fossil record, but very few of them stand up to lTitical examination and even the latest symposia on the subject ha\ie produced very little that can be regarded as concrete l vidence. Almost all the differences that have been noted in umt ·•mporaneous fossil faunas and floras can be explained in lt•rms of local environmental differences that are reflected in the t•diments.