that the fossils were of a giant lizard-like animal which he named Megalosaurus bucklandii. Geologist James Parkinson decided that the creature “should be called ’Megalosaurus (Megalos‚ great; saurus‚ a lizard)’ (Delair and Sarjeant‚ 2002‚ p. 192)”. The discovery took the science world by storm. Other scientists‚ like Georges Cuvier‚ soon identified their own fossils as new species of animals similar to the Megalosaurus and the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London where Buckland
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Charles Lyell‚ a fellow geologist‚ was the one to get Hutton’s ideas noticed. Charles Lyell was the one who made Hutton’s ideas popularized. He wrote about them in a three-volume book‚ Principles of Geology. People accepted Lyell’s ideas better because he was a stronger writer than
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Creation Research Society Quarterly 2012. 49:135–152. Volume 49‚ Fall 2012 135 Battlegrounds of Natural History: Actualism John K. Reed‚ Emmett L. Williams* Abstract A ctualism is a fundamental assumption of secular natural history. It replaced the Christian view of causality through providence‚ and it asserted an absolute physicochemical and geological continuity. Though often confused with uniformity and uniformitarianism due to secular obfuscation‚ actualism‚ at root‚ is
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placed together. He states‚ “You can compare this theory to Geologist Alexander du Toit’s theory.” Du Toit observes rock layers on the western coast of Africa in the following sequence: basalt rock‚ shale containing fossil reptiles‚ coal layers containing Glossopteris fossils‚ rocks containing Mesosaurus fossils‚ and shale. He discovers the very same series of layers on the eastern coast of South America. • In 1965‚ Geologist Edward Bullard uses computers to match coasts of South America
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a fundamental part of the success of the firm. Oil was found recently in the area around Harrisburg and some geologists believed the reserves were large. A few well-respected businesspeople organized Oil Company to develop a few wells. Although some oil was being extracted‚ the oil corporation lacked capital to develop the oil fields to their expected potential. Richard read the geologists report and felt that it would be a good investment so he acquired 25% of the company. A short period afterwards
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Alexandre Beguyer de Chancourtois (1820-1886) oIn 1863‚ a 44 year old French geologist‚ he created a list of the elements arranged by increasing atomic weight. The list was wrapped around a cylinder so that several sets of similar elements lined up‚ creating the first geometric representation of the periodic law. oIn 1862 was the first person to make use of atomic weights to reveal periodicity (i.e. when the elements were arranged according to their atomic weights‚ similar elements seemed to occur
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Desert’s include precious mineral deposits which were produced in the dry atmosphere or which were exposed by erosion. As desert areas have got a arid weather they’re best spots for natural preservation of items and fossils that may assist geologists know the region. Glaciers are produced as snow and ice thicken and gathers with time‚ changes to ice‚ and starts to move in an outward direction and down under the pressure of its own mass. The procedure of glacier development and establishment
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Andreas Fault is a crack in the Earth’s crust in California‚ which is about 1100 kilometers long. Since 1857‚ 1906 and 1989 many famous earthquakes have occurred along it. It is the boundary between the North American and Pacific lithospheric plates. Geologists have learned that the Earth’s crust is fractured into a series of "plates" that have been moving very slowly over the Earth’s surface for millions of years. Two of these moving plates meet in western California; the boundary between them is the
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In Walter Alvarez’s article‚ “Asteroid and Dinosaurs”‚ his original goal was to research more in depth about plate tectonics. Sadly‚ his research was sidelined because of his intriguing observations of the KT boundary. When Geologist make original discoveries‚ they go about researching by highlighting the aspects of the nature of science. For example‚ they test hypotheses about events that happened long ago‚ they rely on communication‚ a lot of evidence‚ and collaboration. Eventually they end up
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of Wegner’s theory back in his time because he wasn’t a scientist. He went off of his own thoughts with no evidence. He had no experience in geology. But later in 1930 Wegner’s would pass away before the decision on his theory was not approve by geologist. Therefore after decades the theory would disappear into obscurity. Somehow later in the 1960’s the theory that called plate tectonics. So as of today there are no problems to Wegner’s ideas and thoughts. It is told that Wegner’s theory is the foundation
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