Unit 11Geologic time 公开课教学课件.pptxVIP

;;Principles of Stratigraphy;Principle of Uniformitarianism The principle of Uniformitarianism was postulated by James Hutton (1726-1797) who examined rocks in Scotland and noted that features like mudcracks, ripple marks, graded bedding, etc. where the same features that could be seen forming in modern environments.? He concluded that process that are currently operating on the Earth must be the same processes that operated in the past.? This principle is often stated as the present is the key to the past.?? A more modern way of stating the same principle is that the laws of nature (as outlin