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Tag Archives: Devonian
The Painfully Seated Camel
Camels often sit down mighty painfully. Perhaps their joints creak. Perhaps early oiling might prevent permanently hazardous aging. Or perhaps these sentences are just simple mnemonics and we are trying to remember the names of the geological periods. Here they … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Lyell, Devonian, Epochs, Jura Mountains, Jurassic, stratigraphy
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