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Index Fossils - the keys to dating layers

Gary Lewis, GEOetc.com Season 4 Episode 50

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In this episode, I talk about index fossils - what are they and what makes one fossil better than another for dating layers in a sedimentary sequence.   I aven leave you pondering what human product would make a great index fossil.

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