ATARMAxxing · HSC Earth and Environmental Science revision notes
Fossil formation, index fossils, relative and absolute dating and mass extinctions
Fossil Formation and Stratigraphy
What this note covers
- How fossils form in rock
- Relative dating: uniformitarianism and superposition
- Index fossils and the Geological Time Scale
- Absolute (radiometric) dating
- Dating the Cambrian fauna and mass extinctions
- Exam technique for fossils and dating
6 sections · 10 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes
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