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  • Grand Canyon rock layering
    geochronology
    / Accumulational processes

    …microfossils found in shales at Oensingen, Switz. In the thick oil shales of Wyoming and Colorado in the United States, the flora is not so well defined, but layers alternating in organic richness seem to communicate the same seasonal cycle. These so-called Green River Shales also contain abundant freshwater-fish fossils…

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    …microfossils found in shales at Oensingen, Switz. In the thick oil shales of Wyoming and Colorado in the United States, the flora is not so well defined, but layers alternating in organic richness seem to communicate the same seasonal cycle. These so-called Green River Shales also contain abundant freshwater-fish fossils…

    Read More