Great Unconformity

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Great Unconformity

Summary

Great Unconformity is a geological structure[1]. It draws 118 Wikipedia views per month (geological_structure category, ranking #8 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Unconformity is credited with the discovery of James Hutton[3].
  • Great Unconformity is credited with the discovery of John Wesley Powell[4].
  • Great Unconformity is located in Arizona[5].
  • Great Unconformity is in the country of United States[6].
  • Great Unconformity is in the country of United Kingdom[7].
  • Great Unconformity's instance of is recorded as geological structure[8].
  • Great Unconformity's location is recorded as Grand Canyon[9].
  • Great Unconformity's subclass of is recorded as unconformity[10].
  • Great Unconformity's Commons category is recorded as Great Unconformity[11].
  • Great Unconformity's underlies is recorded as Tapeats Sandstone[12].
  • Great Unconformity's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06hs67[13].
  • Great Unconformity's studied by is recorded as geology[14].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include James Hutton[3], a geologist[15], 1726–1797[16], of Kingdom of Great Britain[17], specialised in geology[18] and John Wesley Powell[4], an explorer[19], 1834–1902[20], of United States[21], specialised in natural science[22].

Why It Matters

Great Unconformity draws 118 Wikipedia views per month (geological_structure category, ranking #8 of 14).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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