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Earth. Exact Age of Earth: _______. Geologic Dating Methods I: Radioactive Decay. http://www.btinternet.com/~j.doyle/SR/Emc2/decay_a-decay.gif. Geologic Dating Methods II: Known Rates of Radioactive Decay. http://people.hofstra.edu/j_b_bennington/2cnotes/halflife.JPG.
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Earth Exact Age of Earth: _______
Geologic Dating Methods I: Radioactive Decay http://www.btinternet.com/~j.doyle/SR/Emc2/decay_a-decay.gif
Geologic Dating Methods II: Known Rates of Radioactive Decay http://people.hofstra.edu/j_b_bennington/2cnotes/halflife.JPG
Radiocarbon half-lifes Geologic Dating Methods III: Ratios of Parent : Daughter Atoms
EARTH’S OLDEST ROCKS 4.03 BYA (Acosta Gneisses) 3.7 – 3.8 BYA 3.4 – 3.5 BYA 3.4 – 3.6 BYA http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/age.html
Earth’s Oldest Known Rocks (Probably do NOT date to Earth’s Formation)
IRON METEORITES(Canyon Diablo) Age: 4.53-4.58 BYA (U > Pb) http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/age.html
LUNAR ROCKS Oldest Moon Rocks: 4.4-4.5 BYA http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/age.html
500 Million Years After Origin of Earth (Artistic Rendition) http://www.arcadiastreet.com/cgvistas/earth/images/earth_ancient_volcano_600.jpg
The Earth Cools (Artistic Rendition) http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Paleontology/Paleozoology/Precambrian/Precambrian.htm
Atmospheric Oxygen Levels http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ancient Evidence for Free Oxygen • Isua Rock (Greenland): ~ 3.7 Billion Years Old • Metamorphosed Sediments • Abundant Free Uranium – Likely Only in • Oxidizing Environment
Ancient Fossil “Cyanobacteria”(3.47 BYA) Apex Chert in Western Australia (Pilbara Formation) http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Paleontology/Paleozoology/Precambrian/ApexChert.jpg
Fossil Stromatolites (with Fossil Microorganisms) Gunflint Chert – Ontario, Canada (2 BYA)
Hypothesis I: Terrestrial Accretion (Miller – Urey Experiments 1950s)
Hypothesis II: Meteoric and Cometary Infall of Organic Molecules formed Elsewhere (Present Day Meterites can contain 1% Organic Molecules)
Hypothesis III: Meteoric and Cometary Infall of Cells formed Elsewhere (e.g., Mars)
Hypothesis: Drying, Rehydrating of Tide Pools Fig. 2.4 in Willis and McElwain 2002