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Geo people Flashcards

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Nicoloas Steno

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  • father of stratigraphy

- three main principles (superposition, original horizontlality, lateral continuity)

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Abraham Gottlob Werner

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  • crust of the earth is from big ocean

- is a neptunist

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James Hutton

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  • pleutonist
  • crust of earth is from lava
  • principle of uniformitarianism
  • angular uncomformities
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William Smith

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  • first geo map of England and Wales
  • realised fossils could help correlate strat
  • principle of biological succesion
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Charles Lyell

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-principle of cross cutting relations and inclusions

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