Biostratigraphy for fun and profit

David Watkins, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

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Initial Publication Date: June 13, 2013 | Reviewed: June 24, 2014 (see revision history: 2 events)

Summary

Students use the evolutionary distribution of oceanic phytoplankton fossils to date the age of pelagic and hemipelagic sedimentary rocks. They correlate this section to another as an exercise in oil prospecting.

Historical Geology | College Introductory

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