Sedimentary Strata As Diaries Of Environmental Change

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...of environmental changes that have occurred through the Earth's history. The belief that the stratification of the Earth's layers can provide information about events in the environmental history of the Earth has been the source of some debate, especially surrounding issues of absolute dating and the completeness of the sedimentary record. At the same time, this theory is supported by principles of superposition and faunal succession and relative dating in sedimentary strata. In order to understand the basis for the argument that sedimentary strata creates a diary of environmental change, it is necessary to understand the spectrum of events that occur in the creation of sedimentary strata and the impacts that these have on what can be later interpreted.
Geologistsluding Cuffey (1999) describe the stratification of the Earth and its interpretation as the stratigraphic record, which provides detailed information about the environmental changes through an assessment of the formation and composition of sedimentary rock. The principle...

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