The Wikipedia article on Nicolas Steno, consulted for the 1669 publication date of his stratigraphic principles (the law of superposition and the principle of original horizontality) underlying the modern understanding of deposition and sedimentation.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Steno
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