Arroyo el Mimbral confirmed a well-known law of geology—the best outcrop of a field season is always found on the last day, at the most remote location, just as it's getting dark.Walter Alvarez, T. rex and the Crater of Doom (Princeton, NJ: 2008) (first pub. 1997), p. 117
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Thursday, June 25, 2015
I'm not a geologist, but this law seems familiar
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