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Geologic History Very Brief Version

Geologic History Very Brief Version. charity mulig. Which is which?. Uniformitarianism. Catastrophism. Believes that the earth is shaped by catastrophic events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and meteorite collisions.

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Geologic History Very Brief Version

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  1. Geologic HistoryVery Brief Version charity mulig

  2. Which is which? Uniformitarianism Catastrophism Believes that the earth is shaped by catastrophic events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and meteorite collisions. • Believes that the forces and processes that we observe today have been at work for a very long time.

  3. Relative dating tells us the sequence in which events occurred, not how long ago they occurred. Relative Dating

  4. Law of Superposition states that in an undeformed sequence of sedimentary rocks, each bed is older than the one above it and younger than the one below it. Key Principles

  5. Principle of Original Horizontality means that layers of sediment are generally deposited in a horizontal position. Key Principles

  6. Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships states that when a fault cuts through rock layers, or when magma intrudes other rocks and crystallizes, we can assume that the fault or intrusion is younger than the rocks affected. Key Principles

  7. Inclusions • rocks contained within other rocks • Rocks containing inclusions are younger than the inclusions they contain. Key Principles

  8. Unconformities • An unconformity represents a long period during which deposition stopped, erosion removed previously formed rocks, and then deposition resumed. • An angular unconformity indicates that during the pause in deposition, a period of deformation (folding or tilting) and erosion occurred. Key Principles

  9. Unconformities • A nonconformity is when the erosional surface separates older metamorphic or intrusive igneous rocks from younger sedimentary rocks. • A disconformity is when two sedimentary rock layers are separated by an erosional surface. Key Principles

  10. A Record of Uplift, Erosion, and Deposition

  11. Correlation of Rock Layers Correlation is establishing the equivalence of rocks of similar age in different areas.

  12. Fossil Formation • Fossils are the remains or traces of prehistoric life. They are important components of sediment and sedimentary rocks. • The type of fossil that is formed is determined by the conditions under which an organism died and how it was buried. Fossils

  13. Types of Fossil • Unaltered Remains • Some remains of organisms—such as teeth, bones, and shells—may not have been altered, or may have changed hardly at all over time. • Altered Remains • Petrified, casts, molds and carbonization. Fossils

  14. Fossil Formation • Indirect evident • trace fossils • Conditions Favoring Preservation • Hard parts and rapid burial • Interpreting Environments Fossils

  15. Dating with Radioactivity

  16. Radioactivity Radioactivity is the spontaneous decay of certain unstable atomic nuclei.

  17. Half-Life A half-life is the amount of time necessary for one-half of the nuclei in a sample to decay to a stable isotope.

  18. Radiometric Dating Each radioactive isotope has been decaying at a constant rate since the formation of the rocks in which it occurs. • Radiometric dating is the procedure of calculating the absolute ages of rocks and minerals that contain radioactive isotopes.

  19. Geologic Time Scale

  20. Precambrian

  21. Paleozoic

  22. Mesozoic

  23. Cenozoic

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