About the origin of the Earth and the creatures that multiplied on it: a story of creation, destruction and regeneration.

Sedimentary cycles and real time

Small-scale climate cycles from Bridge Creek Limestone Member, Colorado. A: Schematic diagram of limestone-shale bedding rhythms with shales condensed to 30% original thickness on average. B: Analysis of burrowing in one such cycle, showing basis for graphs in A. ‘Ichnospecies’ = trace fossil species. (After Barron et al. 1985)


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