Title

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
Time and Geology Sir Charles Lyell Image source:
Advertisements

UNIT SIX: Earth’s Structure
How do we know what happened first?
Earth Science 12.1 Discovering Earth’s History: Geologic Time
The Rock Record: Determining Relative Age Chapter 8
Relative Dating and Sequencing Relative vs. Absolute Time Laws Unconformities Correlating Geologic Cross Sections.
RELATIVE TIME: When the age of rock is compared to the ages of other rocks or events in geological time. Can determine which layers are older than others.
Learning Targets 3b) I can describe the geologic laws of uniformitarianism, superposition, and original.
Title Relative Age and the Laws of Geologic History.
Earth’s Story 6.1 & James Hutton Theory of the Earth Uniformitarianism.
Introducing Earth Chapter Nine: Earth and Time 9.1 Relative Dating 9.2 Geologic Time.
Telling Time. James Hutton “The Father of Geology” Uniformitarianism.
The Grand Canyon By: Leah Bahlman. Water How was the Grand Canyon formed? The Colorado River cuts through the Colorado Plateau. For 6 million years, the.
GEOLOGIC PRINCIPLES & RELATIVE DATING. HOW OLD IS THE EARTH? The Earth is about 4.6 billion years old Much of its history is recorded in the rocks Observations.
Relative Dating of Strata. Relative Dating Determining relative ages of rocks or strata compared to another rock or strata. Can say which layer is older.
PSC 121 Prince George’s Community College Reading the Rock Record.
Earth’s History The Rock Record. Topic 1 – Telling Time Kinds of Time –2 types 1. Relative time – places an event in order by comparing it with other.
PSC 121 Prince George’s Community College Reading the Rock Record.
Interpreting Earth’s Rocks to Determine Its Past History.
Time and Geology Sir Charles Lyell Image source:
Interpreting Earth’s Rocks to Determine Its Past History.
QUIZ 1.According to the scientific community how old is the Earth? 2.What type of rock are the oldest know rocks? 3.What are Time units largely based.
The Grand Canyon Megan Pickard TESSE Law of Original Horizontality Sediments are deposited in layers that are horizontal.
21.2 – Relative Age Dating How can you tell if one rock layer is older than another? How can you tell if one fossil is older than another? What is an index.
James Hutton proposed the principle of uniformitarianism. This states that the processes occurring on Earth today, have been occurring since Earth first.
Mountain Building Folding vs. Faulting Geologic time & dating.
CO- The Geologic time scale and geologic history
The fossil of one of the earliest birds, called archaeopteryx, shows reptile-like features. It lived during the late Jurassic period, about 105 my ago.
The Geologist as Detective Chapter 6 : Interpreting Geologic History.
CHAPTER 8-THE ROCK RECORD GRAND CANYON VIDEO GRAND CANYON VIDEO How can we determine ages of rocks and the Earth?
2 Types.  Relative Dating  Absolute Dating  1. Law of superposition – youngest layer on top; oldest layer on bottom.
Laws of Geologic History. Law of Superposition The oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top. The oldest layer is at the bottom.
Basic Geologic Principles * Principle of Superposition Principle of Original Horizontality Principle of Lateral Continuity Principle of Crosscutting Relationships.
Geologic History Relative Dating. Birth of Modern Geology Began in the late 1700’s when James Hutton published his Theory of the Earth. He was the first.
Geology 101 David Brown. James Hutton ( CE) Scottish geologist Scottish geologist Developed the laws of geology Developed the laws of geology.
Uniformitarianism: the processes that act on the Earth’s surface today are the same as the processes that have acted on the Earth’s surface in the past.
Relative-Age Dating. Scientists have not always thought Earth was as old as it is. James Hutton in the late 1700’s was the first geologist to think Earth.
Dating the Earth Chapter 12. A major goal of Geology is to interpret Earth’s History !! A pioneering geologist and 2 nd director of the USGS. Led an expedition.
Paleontology Notes Relative Age is the “age” of a rock or strata compared to the ages of other rocks or strata.
Interpreting Earth’s Rocks to Determine Its Past History.
Catastrophism vs Uniformitarianism and Relative Age Dating
CATASTROPHISM Archbishop - James Usher (1664) Earth only about 6,000 years old Based on genealogies and history recorded in Bible Creation date: 4004.
Geologic time Relative dating
21.2 – Relative Age Dating. Interpreting Geology James Hutton, a Scottish geologist who lived in the late 1700s Attempted to explain Earth ’ s history.
Determining a Sequence of Geologic Events
Law of Uniformitarianism
DETERMINING RELATIVE AGE
What are the 2 methods of dating in Geologic Time?
Relative Age and the Laws of Geologic History
GRAND CANYON- LAW OF SUPERPOSITION
Relative Dating Notes.
Relative Time: Ages of events are placed in order of occurrence.
Relative Dating.
Relative Dating.
Determining Relative Age
Time and Stratigraphy Basics
Title GeoSleuth I used this exercise to begin the very first lecture of the semester in an introductory.
Interpreting Earth’s Rocks to Determine Its Past History
Relative Age and the Laws of Geologic History
Chapter 8-The Rock Record Grand Canyon Video
Geologic History Relative Dating.
How Old is Old? Geologic Time.
SEVEN PRINCIPLES Of GEOLOGY 1. UNIFORMITARIANISM:
Rock record Condensed version of complete Rock Record –relative dating portion [See Rock Record to see complete version including more details on Rock.
Geologic Time.
The Laws of Stratigraphy
Title GeoSleuth I used this exercise to begin the very first lecture of the semester in an introductory.
GEOLOGY – EARTH’S STORY
Igneous Intrusion Fault. Igneous Intrusion Fault.
Relative Dating Notes.
Presentation transcript:

Title

M. d’Alessio, 2004 Murder Mystery

Grand Canyon, Arizona, Copyright Larry Fellows Originally Horizontal OLDER YOUNGER Timing Layers on top of layers

Watching Layers Form Larry Ridenhour, BLM/Jennifer Loomis, TERC

Tilted Layers

USGS/Jennifer Loomis, TERCTilted limestone beds in the Mojave Desert, California Watching Layers Tilt

Unconformity Olympic Coast, Washington: 4th Beach near Kalaloch Copyright Patti Bleifuss

Geologic Time OLDER YOUNGER Million Years Old 600+ Million Years Old TIMING: RELATIVE vs. ABSOLUTE

Fold Marin Headlands, California -- Image from Roland Bürgmann

USGS/Tom Grace, TERCFolded layers in the Sangre de Cristo Range of Colorado. Watching Layers Fold

Cross Cutting Grand Canyon, Arizona -- Copyright Ramón Arrowsmith Cross Cutting MOST RECENT

Wind and Process Death Valley, CA Copyright Marli Miller AGI Image Bank photo ha45z2 Zion, Utah Copyright Marli Miller AGI Image Bank photo ha45jb PROCESS ANCIENT PRESENT “The present is the key to the past.” James Hutton Famous Geologist (lived ) fundamentals/10c.html

M. d’Alessio, 2004 Murder Mystery

Feedback: Privacy Policy Feedback
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
About project: SlidePlayer Terms of Service

© 2024 SlidePlayer.com Inc. All rights reserved.