Geology Camp Archeology

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Attending the geology camp GeoFORCE for the past four years, I have learned a quite a few things about erosion, archeology, and the affects of the erosion in the future. Erosion is a scary subject to talk about and the fact that the North Slope’s erosion is one of the fastest rates of erosion in the nation scares me to death. However, the erosion revealed some fascinating human remains. With my little knowledge of archeology and geology, the law of uniformitarianism, which means the present is the key to the past, comes to play. The remains that were found can unveil some things we did not know about the past. The law of uniformitarianism can also show the affects of erosion such as the shape and the formation of cliffs, mounds, and even wave

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