Wikipedia's article on the law of superposition, covering Nicolas Steno's 1669 formulation and its role founding stratigraphy.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_superposition
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A community-edited tertiary reference, used here for the uncontested seventeenth-century history of the principle, not a matter of interpretation. Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
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