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Fossils and the Geologic Column Explained by Susan Tucker is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Fossils help determine the relative age of rock layers because each layer contains a distinctive set of fossils that indicate the period in which those organisms lived. The document discusses a figure showing fossils from three different localities, stating that the fossils are from the Pennsylvanian and Ordovician periods and are known as index fossils, revealing that the three areas are from around the same relative age.
- Author
- Susan Tucker
- Language
- EN