PPT-Writing Earth history with continental-margin sedimentary processes

STUPID HUMAN TRICKS Po and Mississippi Rivers Po River Drainage basin includes south flank of Alps north flank of Apennines Area 75000 km 2 Columbia River 670000 km. Sedimentary rocks cover ~ 75% of Earth’s surface. ~ 5 % (by volume) of Earth’s outer 10 miles. Contain evidence of past environments:. Important resource. Coal, oil, and other fossil fuels. Groundwater resources. Lithosphere. Earth’s Systems (spheres) . Lithosphere - . Earth’s crust and upper . mantle. Atmosphere - . Layers of gases surrounding . Earth . TUESDAY-B. WEDNESDAY-A. THURSDAY-B. FRIDAY-A. . DAILY . US HISTORY. . The Week of . 12-16. . Oct 15. 8. Patriots- . colonist determined to fight against Britain for American independence. . petition-. 2region Theavailablearea,graphregion,andplotregionaredened (outergraphregion)margin margin (innergraphregion) (outerplotregion)margin margin (innerplotregion) margin margin margin margin titlesappear Rock and Ice Core Samples . But what do they tell us about Earth’s past? . Warm Up September 30, 2015. Describe the Law of Superposition… . What is an unconformity? . How do scientists determine the absolute age of a rock or fossil?. STUPID HUMAN TRICKS. . Po and Mississippi Rivers. Po River. Drainage basin includes: south flank of Alps, north flank of Apennines. Area = . 75,000 km. 2. (Columbia River = 670,000 km. 2. TODAYS . MATERIAL:. Sedimentary . Rock and Sediment Description. Geologic Time. Sedimentary Environments. GEOL 332 Course Schedule. What is the Scientific Method?. What are the steps?. http://www.thwink.org/sustain/deadlock/WhyUnableToSolveProblem.htm. TENTH EDITION. H A R O L D L. L E V I N. © 2013 JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.. The Sedimentary Archives . Chapter 5 . 2. Factors affecting Sedimentary Characteristics . Tectonic setting . How old is the earth?. How old is our earth?. Aristotle thought the Earth had existed eternally.. Early Romans believed its formation was relatively recent due to no records before the Trojan War.. 1640 – Ussher calculated Earth was created in . S6E5. . Students will investigate the scientific view of how the earth’s surface is formed.. c. Classify rocks by their process of formation. . . A scientist categorized a rock as an extrusive igneous rock. Another scientist could accurately categorize the same rock . 11.1 Forces in Earth’s Crust. Deformation: permanent change in the size or shape of rock. Occur along plate margins and in the Earth’s crust.. Stress: . force applied to a . rock. Strain: change in the shape of rock. The thin brittle shell is the crust that humans live on.. The thick jelly like white is the deep hot magma beneath the surface.. The yellow yolk is the core of the earth.. Tectonic Map of the World. A tectonic plate is like the hard shell on a boiled egg that has been cracked into . A rock is a natural substance that is made up of solid crystals of different minerals that have been fused together into a solid lump. . Rocks can be classified by their attributes: . Texture. Hardness. • About evidence for plate movement from the sea floor . • How scientists developed the theory of plate tectonics. Continents change their position over time (Page 14). *Key Concept. BEFORE, you learned .