Typically the fossils will show evidence of marine life, such as the skeletons of fish.
is based on were the fossils were buried but 1000000 years later human life.
hard question
Marine fossils form when creatures die and sink to the bottom where there is little oxygen, and are covered with sediment. If sediment continues to accumulate, after many years its weight will crush the deposit, and in combination with well known chemical processes, can cement it into sandstone. Later, if the sea floor it lifted by any of a number of (again, well understood) geological processes, what was once the sea floor can become part of a mountain. Such a mountain can form in a few million years, where fossils have been forming for 3 BILLION years.
Fossils are the remains of plants and animals that have been turned to stone.
Well for one, It can tell us that the land was once covered in water.
Voids left behind by once present fossils are called 'trace fossils'.
I am pretty sure grainy rocks because they are more common than crystals. They are more likely to contain sea creature fossils. They are likely to have sea creature fossils in them because the land we stand on now, was once covered in water.
nope
not likely but it can happen ... if there is a tsunami
Some were, some were not. Those that were will have sea fossils of plants and animals.
Fossils of fish and other aquatic species have been found where the desert now is.
Fossils of fish and other aquatic species have been found where the desert now is.
Marine fossils form when creatures die and sink to the bottom where there is little oxygen, and are covered with sediment. If sediment continues to accumulate, after many years its weight will crush the deposit, and in combination with well known chemical processes, can cement it into sandstone. Later, if the sea floor it lifted by any of a number of (again, well understood) geological processes, what was once the sea floor can become part of a mountain. Such a mountain can form in a few million years, where fossils have been forming for 3 BILLION years.
Probably because the land where the fish fossils are found was once under the sea.
The Earths crust has been moving around for millions of years. many places where we noe find fossils that lived in the ocean were once under the water. land being pushed up and the water level in the oceans dropping explain why fossils are now found on dry land.
By looking at the different layers of material that make up a mountain you can determine if a mountain was once under the sea. There are fossil layers within the layers of rock and soil that make up the mountain. If there are layers containing fossils consistent with sea life a scientist could infer that that mountain was once under the sea. This could be the result of higher sea levels in the past or it could be the result of tectonic processes that have formed the mountains by pushing the land high above sea level.
Well for one, It can tell us that the land was once covered in water.
fossils can be anywhere a dinosaur once lived
Obviously the soil and rocks that are now on top of the mountain were once underneath the ocean. This occurs when the ground is raised up from beneath the sea by plates colliding and raising mountains.