------------- Public message 519 SCIENCE Area 11:15 Monday 4-Nov-91 From: MARTY LEIPZIG To: CHUCK MAIER Re: Polystrates, pine trees in coal ...Chuck Maier, stuck in a swamp, says to Marty Leipzig CM> In a more strictly catastrophic model we're CM> talking about single fossils that extend vertically through strata CM> supposedly laid down over thousands or millions of years (i.e a CM> nautiloid vertically deposited along a riverbank, or a tree vertically CM> deposited in a coal bed).
(strata; laid down; T:over thousands or millions of years; T:supposedly) (thousands or millions of years; vertically deposited; nautiloid) (a tree; vertically deposited; in a coal bed) (we; talking; about single fossils) (single fossils; extend; vertically; through strata)
strata thousands or millions of years a tree we single fossils
laid down vertically deposited vertically deposited talking extend
T:over thousands or millions of years T:supposedly
nautiloid
in a coal bed
about single fossils
vertically through strata