Early texts on the Cenozoic fossils of Aquitaine (1622–1767) and pioneering debates on the organic origin of fossils, the superpositioning of strata and the mobility of the seas
Several unpublished or little known writings from the 17th–18th centuries deal with the Bordeaux region’s “figured stones”, which are actually Miocene fossils. The oldest work is a book by Pierre de L’Ancre (1622), where the author describes the shelly sediments of Sainte-Croix-du-Mont and relates L...
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EDP Sciences
2018-01-01
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| Series: | BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin |
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| Online Access: | https://www.bsgf.fr/articles/bsgf/full_html/2018/02/bsgf180001/bsgf180001.html |