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Fossils are the remainder of the life in the past time which died on this Earth but remain

the
evidences to illustrate that they were once live on this Earth. In additional, the fossils can be
preserved in many ways after they are buried even under the mud or under the layer of sand.
Because of such reason the great pressure under the sand and the mud become sedimentary
rock. After the time has passed by the mineral from the environment slowly replace which
cause us to discover some of the mineral in the discovered fossil.
The types of fossils are as followings:
1) Mold fossils is a fossilized impression made in the substrate
2) Cast fossils (formed when a mold is filled in)
3) Trace fossils (ichnofossils)
4) True form fossils (fossils of the actual animal or animal part)
The stated types are formed by several ways as follows:
Unaltered preservation
like insects or plant parts trapped in amber, a hardened form of tree sap
Permineralization (petrification )
occur in which rock-like minerals seep in slowly and replace the original organic
tissues with silica, calcite or pyrite, forming a rock-like fossil - can preserve hard and soft
parts - most bone and wood fossils are permineralized
Replacement
An organism's hard parts dissolve and are replaced by
other minerals, like calcite, silica, pyrite, or iron.

Carbonization (coalification)
is the fossil that are formed when only the carbon
remains in the specimen - other elements, like hydrogen, oxygen,
and nitrogen are removed.

Recrystalization
occur when hard parts either revert to more stable A
minerals or small crystals turn into larger crystals fossil gastropod fro
m
Authigenic preservation the Plioceneof Cypru
s.
molds and casts of organisms that have been destroyed or dissolved

Superposition involves with the rock layer by the formation of the layer over the layer
that are caused by the nearby environment for instance the hill in Norway which is near
the sea. In this formation the older layers will locate at the bottom part and the new
layer will be at top and continue on this sequence up until the present time. In
additional, researchers can predict the ages by the thickness of the layers.

Sedimentary Rocks is the most common rock that we can find. 75% of rocks exposed to
the surface are sedimentary. The reason for supporting this idea is that the some
sediment rocks are one form of the fossil so it occurs a lot as it needs to directly varies
with the amount of organism ของภัทร
The remainder of the organism in the past time which has died on this Earth is called as fossil
that remain to state that they were in this Earth. Moreover, the organisms’ died bodies are
changed to be the fossil after they are buried under the mud and the sand together with the
great pressure it turns to be Sedimentary rocks. As the time passed by the mineral slowly
replace the body of the fossil which causes us to discover some of the mineral in the
discovered fossil.
The types of the fossils are:
1) Mold fossils is a fossilized impression made in the substrate
2) Cast fossils (formed when a mold is filled in)
3) Trace fossils (ichnofossils)
4) True form fossils (fossils of the actual animal or animal part)

Petrified cone of Araucaria sp. from Patagonia,Argentina dating from


the Jurassic Period (approx. 210 Ma)

The layer of the new layer over the old layer which is directly caused by the
superposition for example; north shore of Isfjorden, Svalbard, Norway. In the this
sequence of layer the rock layer is getting thicker and thicker days by days. This occur
by the surrounding environment that will be the reason for this superposition to occur.
In additional, the discoverers can calculate the times passed by the calculation of the
thickness.

Sedimentary Rocks is the most abundant rock on the earth’s surface. In additional,
75% of rocks exposed to the surface are sedimentary. The supporting idea is that some
sediment rocks are one form of the fossil so it occurs a lot as it depends on the amount
of died organism. ของแพง

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