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Fossils help geologists discover new species. Fossils also explain and show the age of the specimen and change in life forms.
In what ways are fossils useful to geologist?
they find the hard part of the fossil
zimzy rocks
Geologists use the geologic column to classify layers of rocks and fossils that make up the Earth's crust.
Geologists use the geologic column to classify layers of rocks and fossils that make up the Earth's crust.
Index fossils are very important to geologists because they identify geological. The fossil snail is a particularly difficult animal to study.
Fossils can be dated within a broad range by studied amateurs, geologists, and paleontologists. Absolute dating within a narrow time range is the domain of paleontologists and some geologists, scientists with access to specific information, knowledge, and equipment.
Geologists love sedimentary rock because the fossils give a quick reference to their date of formation and environment of deposition.
Index fossils are very important to geologists because they identify geological time periods. Index fossils are found within a specific layer of rock- So when one finds the age of the rock layer, that is also the age of the index fossil.
Uniformitarian geologists will use this method to determine which layer of rock formed at which time period of earth's history, and the order of the formation.
Layers.