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Remarkably, fossil shark teeth are also incredibly abundant. Sharks ruled the earth’s oceans for 400 million years, and every individual grows and sheds thousands of teeth in their lifetime.

Hubbard, who first joined the USGS as a postdoc, is part of the agency’s Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI).

Rocks are categorized into three main types: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. There are over 4,000 identified minerals on Earth. Common rocks include granite, basalt, limestone, and sandstone.

Another issue is that softer sedimentary rock tends to give way to hard “basement” rock such as granite and basalt deep into the subsurface. These harder rocks cause frequent wear-and-tear to ...