'Cross cutting relationships' presentation slideshows

GEOLOGIC TIME

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Understanding Geologic Time

Understanding Geologic Time. The map that changed the world by William Smith (1815) links: fossils rock patterns 3Dapproach. Grand Canyon: history revealed. Grand Canyon. Preserves more than 1 billion years of history This rock book shows mountain building

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Primary structures and facing directions

Primary structures and facing directions. Goal : To review and recognize different types of geologic contacts so that we can use them as markers of deformation. Quick review of Huttonian principals. Original horizontality Superposition Cross-cutting relationships Inclusion.

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A Lesson on Dating

A Lesson on Dating. Geologic. How old is old?. Absolute Dating Analogous to your age . . . i.e. an exact number Often found using the radioactive decay of certain elements. Relative Dating Dating with regard to an order of events . . . analogous to knowing that you are the middle child

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Determining the Age of Rocks

Determining the Age of Rocks. Relative Age of Rocks. Types of Rock. Sedimentary rock forms from sediment ( sediment - solid particles of rock produced by weathering and erosion by water and wind) * Igneous rock forms from volcanic lava flows

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Earth and Space Science

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