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The 17 pages that link to William Smith, each with the reason it gives.

• Geologic time scaleRelated: His fossil-based correlation helped make strata comparable across regions.

• Geological mappingRelated: His 1815 map demonstrated how fossils and strata could organize regional geological patterns.

• Mineral explorationRelated: Geological mapping became a foundation for predicting where useful rocks and deposits occur.

• Field geologyRelated: His work showed how fossil succession and field mapping could organize regional geology.

• LithostratigraphyRelated: His regional mapping demonstrated the practical value of recognizing and tracing rock layers.

• Edward BransfieldRelated: Smith’s discovery prompted the voyage on which Bransfield charted Antarctic coastlines.

• History of geologyRelated: His mapping showed how fossil succession could correlate strata across regions.

• Earth scienceRelated: His mapping showed how fossil succession could correlate rock layers across regions.

• Bransfield StraitRelated: His report helped prompt the exploration that charted the strait.

• Geologic timeRelated: His fossil-based ordering showed that strata could be correlated and arranged through time.

• Roderick MurchisonRelated: Smith’s mapping of strata and fossils anticipated methods Murchison used in regional geology.

• History of lifeRelated: His work showed how fossil succession could help order Earth’s geological record.

• History of paleontologyRelated: Smith showed that fossils could identify and map strata over wide areas.

• Nicolas StenoRelated: Smith extended stratigraphic reasoning into regional mapping, a later development of Steno’s foundations.

• Alexandre BrongniartRelated: Smith independently developed fossil-based stratigraphic correlation alongside Brongniart’s Paris Basin work.

• Technical geographyRelated: Smith used field observation and surveying to map geological patterns.