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Time, past life and past climates
Quick questions on Palaeoenvironments and palaeoclimate proxies: facies, fossils and climate indicators - Eduqas A-Level Geology
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What is reconstructing environments from three lines of evidence?Show answer
A past environment is reconstructed by combining fossils, sedimentary structures and lithology:
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State the climate indicated by coal, by evaporites and by tillites. [3 marks]
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State Walther's law in one sentence. [2 marks]
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Explain why corals are a good indicator of a past environment. [2 marks]
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