He surveyed the rock strata on an e

He surveyed the rock strata on an estate located above
part of the Somerset coalfi eld, where he realized that the order of the
strata was the same wherever the rocks occurred and that he could
identify each stratum by the fossils it contained.  is meant the order
of strata was predictable over a large area. His conclusion that each
stratum can be identifi ed by the particular assembly of fossils it con-
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tains and that the fossils succeed one another in the strata in a defi -nite and regular order is now known as the law of faunal succession.
At that time a network of canals was being built across England
to link navigable rivers and provide a means for the cheap transport
of coal and other bulky goods. From his work surveying the coalfi eld,
in  Smith was appointed resident engineer to the Somerset Coal
Canal Company, with the tasks of surveying the routes for two new
canals and then supervising their construction. First the company
sent him on a tour lasting almost two months that took him to New-castle in the north, Shropshire, Wales, and fi nally to Bath, back in
Somerset.

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Ia mengamati lapisan batuan di perkebunan yang terletak di atas
bagian dari Somerset coalfi lapangan, di mana ia menyadari bahwa urutan
strata adalah sama di mana pun bebatuan terjadi dan bahwa ia bisa
mengidentifikasi setiap strata oleh fosil itu berisi. ? dimaksudkan urutan
strata sudah bisa ditebak atas area yang luas. Kesimpulannya bahwa setiap
strata dapat mengindentifikasi ed oleh majelis tertentu fosil itu con-
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tains dan bahwa fosil berhasil satu sama lain dalam strata dalam -nite defi dan ketertiban biasa yang sekarang dikenal sebagai hukum suksesi fauna.
Pada saat itu jaringan kanal sedang dibangun di seluruh Inggris
untuk menghubungkan sungai dilayari dan menyediakan sarana untuk transportasi murah
dari batubara dan barang besar lainnya. Dari karyanya survei lapangan coalfi,
di  Smith diangkat warga insinyur ke Somerset Coal
Canal Company, dengan tugas untuk mensurvei rute untuk dua baru
kanal dan kemudian mengawasi konstruksi mereka. Pertama perusahaan
mengirimnya pada tur berlangsung hampir dua bulan yang membawanya ke New-castle di utara, Shropshire, Wales, dan akhirnya ke Bath, kembali
Somerset.