Science & Nature
Fossils, Rocks, and Time
A historical USGS guide, with new explanatory diagrams.
Read the historical U.S. Geological Survey introduction to relative time, fossil succession, sedimentary layers, and numeric dating in a newly illustrated independent edition. Original explanatory diagrams clarify the source while the edition notes preserve its historical scope and identify where current scientific review still matters.
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Inside the guide
What you’ll explore.
- Reading a historical guide
- Introduction
- Putting Events in Order
- The Relative Time Scale
- Rocks and Layers
- Fossils and Rocks
- Fossil Succession
- The Numeric Time Scale
- The Laws of Superposition and Cross-Cutting Relations
- Further Reading
Formats in preparation
Read it. Work with it.
- Digital reading PDF
- A 30-page illustrated reading edition.
- Ebook
- A reflowable illustrated EPUB edition.
- Paperback
- A 30-page illustrated interior in a 6 × 9 inch format.
Final format availability will appear here at release.