Paleontology

  1. Geological Context and Time
    1. Principles of Geology
      1. Uniformitarianism
        1. "The Present is the Key to the Past"
        2. Superposition
          1. Relative Age of Layers
          2. Original Horizontality
            1. Sediment Deposition
            2. Cross-Cutting Relationships
              1. Intrusions and Faults
              2. Faunal Succession
                1. Fossil Assemblages
                  1. Index Fossils
                2. Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Rocks
                  1. Rock Types and the Rock Cycle
                    1. Igneous Rocks
                      1. Sedimentary Rocks
                        1. Metamorphic Rocks
                          1. Rock Cycle Processes
                          2. Sedimentary Environments
                            1. Marine Environments
                              1. Deep Sea
                                1. Shallow Marine
                                2. Transitional Environments
                                  1. Deltas
                                    1. Estuaries
                                      1. Lagoons
                                      2. Terrestrial Environments
                                        1. Fluvial Systems
                                          1. Lacustrine Systems
                                            1. Aeolian Systems
                                              1. Glacial Systems
                                            2. Lithostratigraphy and Biostratigraphy
                                              1. Lithostratigraphic Units
                                                1. Biostratigraphic Correlation
                                                  1. Marker Beds
                                                2. Geologic Time Scale
                                                  1. Eons
                                                    1. Hadean
                                                      1. Archean
                                                        1. Proterozoic
                                                          1. Phanerozoic
                                                          2. Eras of the Phanerozoic
                                                            1. Paleozoic
                                                              1. Mesozoic
                                                                1. Cenozoic
                                                                2. Periods and Epochs
                                                                  1. Major Periods
                                                                    1. Subdivisions
                                                                      1. Major Events and Boundaries
                                                                    2. Dating Methods
                                                                      1. Relative Dating
                                                                        1. Principles of Stratigraphy
                                                                          1. Index Fossils
                                                                            1. Stratigraphic Correlation
                                                                            2. Absolute Dating
                                                                              1. Principles of Radioactive Decay
                                                                                1. Carbon-14 Dating
                                                                                  1. Applications and Limitations
                                                                                  2. Potassium-Argon Dating
                                                                                    1. Volcanic Rocks
                                                                                    2. Uranium-Lead Dating
                                                                                      1. Zircon Crystals
                                                                                      2. Fission Track Dating
                                                                                        1. Track Formation
                                                                                      3. Other Dating Techniques
                                                                                        1. Magnetostratigraphy
                                                                                          1. Magnetic Reversals
                                                                                          2. Dendrochronology
                                                                                            1. Tree-Ring Dating
                                                                                            2. Amino Acid Racemization
                                                                                              1. Luminescence Dating

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                                                                                          2. The Fossil Record and Fossilization

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                                                                                          4. Paleontological Methods