It's not uncommon to find the fossil imprints of seashells in the rocks lining streambeds here in upstate New York. Today we're looking deeper into this natural phenomenon and in the process discovered the huge importance fossils like these played in the creation of geology as a distinct scientific field.
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Sources / Further Reading
http://geology.teacherfriendlyguide.org/index.php/fossils/region-2-appalachian-piedmont
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.12987/9780300224566-004/pdf
https://earthathome.org/hoe/se/fossils-brp/
https://blog.nyhistory.org/18696-2/
https://archive.org/details/elementsofconcho00mend
https://books.google.com/books?id=ppDvjwEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://www.jstor.org/stable/23153528
https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#500
https://www.fossilguy.com/sites/18mile/18_col.htm
https://www.fossilguy.com/id_papers/index.htm
http://wallace-online.org/converted/pdf/1835_Lyell_WS2.1.pdf
http://www.bressan-geoconsult.eu/the-origin-of-geology/
https://abriefhistoryoflife.com/2015/04/16/13-geotheories-and-revolution-1750-1790/
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/history-of-geology/darwin-the-geologist/
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g9096c.ct003148/
https://www.nms.ac.uk/media/1163885/fossil-review-complete-_review-of-fossil-collections-in-scotland.pdf
https://geo.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/Book%3A_An_Introduction_to_Geology_(Johnson_Affolter_Inkenbrandt_and_Mosher)/02%3A_Plate_Tectonics/2.01%3A_Alfred_Wegener%E2%80%99s_Continental_Drift_Hypothesis
https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225940/http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/essaybooks/earth/p_hutton.html
https://www.loc.gov/item/2009579466/
https://uhlibraries.pressbooks.pub/historicalgeologylab/chapter/chapter01-platetectonics/
https://www.museumoftheearth.org/learn-and-teach/fossil-id
https://earthathome.org/quick-guide-common-fossils/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264416366_Index_of_Living_and_Fossil_Echinoids_1971-2008
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2017/01/17/darwins-first-steps-as-a-geologist/?sh=47bb77045495
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_14233/
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"Ave Marimba" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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