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Rescue palaeontology
Author(s) -
Edwards Dee,
Williams Dave
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2011.00787.x
Subject(s) - outcrop , geology , paleontology , stage (stratigraphy) , fossil record , archaeology , mining engineering , geography
A technique for replicating large rock outcrops has been developed so that casts of these surfaces can be archived in their present stage of preservation. Researchers can then study these casts in the laboratory under optimum lighting conditions, sometimes revealing new fossil evidence, while students and members of the public can be shown geological features that might otherwise be inaccessible to them.