PPT-Geologic History

Earth is very very old Earths History The history of Earth and the ages of rocks can be investigated and understood by studying rocks and fossils Evidence of ancient often extinct life is preserved in many sedimentary rocks. GEOL 2110. Lecture 2. Scales of Time and Change. Major Concepts. Geological events cover huge amounts of time that are hard to grasp in the span of human life. We tend to focus on dramatic, short-lived geologic events that we witness and are unaware of subtle, but geologically important events . Comparison of Conventional & Short-Age Geology. Faith, Reason, and Earth History. Chapter 14. by Dr. Leonard Brand. Short-age. Geology. Conventional. Geology. Assumptions. Interpretations. Challenges. Textbook for geologists (2002). Geologic map of the Sheep Mt. Anticline, Wyoming, based on air photos.. From . Banjeree. and . Mitra. . 2004. AAPG Bulletin 88(9):1227-1237.. What are the primary applications of aerial photographs for geologists?. How long ago were the dinosaurs here? How do we even describe geologic time anyway?. EONS. which are divided into . ERAS. ,. which are divided into. . PERIODS. ,. which are divided into. . EPOCHS. Mesozoic. Cambrian and Ordovician. Cenozoic. Pre-Belt. Pre-Cambrian. Paleozoic. Page. 1. Geologic Timeline . For example, using fossils, geologists can compare certain geologic strata in Montana with the "type section" of Devonian age rocks in Devon, England and determine that their ages are the same. Radiometric dates tell us that Devonian rocks fall in a range of 369–410 million years ago.. INDEX . FOSSILS . (brief, but widespread). HOW . MUCH PLATES HAVE . MOVED ALL OVER. . . . show how Earth went from . Pangeae. to how it is today in only 230 million years. 71 million years ago, India was down in the southern hemisphere.. 8. th. Grade Science. Geologic Time. Geologic time. . - Earth’s history is divided into units of time that make up the . Geologic . T. ime . S. cale. .. Time units on the scale are based on the appearance (. Geological “Clocks”. Geologic time determination is subdivided into 2 categories:. Relative Dating: simply determines whether or not an event occurs before or after another event (e.g. a granite dike is younger than the surrounding sandstone since it intrudes across the sandstone in an outcrop).. Fossils. and. Unconformities. The Geologic Cycle. 3 key events: deposition, uplift, erosion. Sedimentation of beds A-D beneath the sea. Uplift above sea level and exposure of D to erosion. Continual erosion strips D away completely and exposes C to erosion. Regents Earth Science. Miss Wojdan. The . presence of coal in Antarctica indicates . that. Forests can grow on continental . . glaciers. Coal can form in cold climates. Antarctica’s climate was once warmer. Jacob Bleacher. Goddard Space Flight Center. 3. rd. Affordable Mars Workshop. Dec. 2, 2015. Geologic field work can be loosely defined as the body of work necessary to:. Determine the spatial distribution, age and attitude of the rock types within an area. Geologic Time and Evolution Earth Has a History Geologic materials record enormous changes. Earth is a complex, evolving system. Physical and biological systems continuously interact. Earth constantly changes and has done so through time. Normally we think of time in terms of days or years but geologists commonly refer to events that happened millions or billions of years ago. For example earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old. GEOLOGIC TIME. What is it and Why do we care? . What is the geologic time scale? . . Geologic Time Scale:. A record of the Earth’s . history broken up into . various units of time that. are based on types of . fossils contained within .