GSC 102 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Oxygen, Geologic Time Scale, Fossil

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Geological Sciences
• Course: GSC 102
• Professor: ta-shanataylor

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For the presentation the references are necessary for the grade, they are. What is a fossil: any evidence is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Four main fossils: being buried, having things buried are easier or quickly is faster for that, animals, rain, uv (kills off bacteria, ligaments, tissues, collagen, etc. ), wind, water (corrosive): stacker water (calm water deep water, the calmer the water, also less animals (cid:498)more in the shallow ocean(cid:524, petrifaction: (cid:498)to make into stone(cid:499, a. permineralizartion (cid:498)spread minerals throughout(cid:499), b. Replacement the original material is dissolved and: c. carbonization the soft tissue are preserved as thin films of. What kind of things e don"t want to have too much (cid:523)in the environment(cid:524: oxygen, uv, water, wind. Taphonomy: study of the process and events that occur between death and discovery. There is a bias towards preserving marine organisms with high populations and hard parts.