1 / 24

Relative Time:

Relative Time:. Ages of events are placed in order of occurrence. No exact date is identified. Ex. WWI and WWII I am the second child in my family. Absolute Time:. identifies the exact date of an event. Ex. 65 Million Years Ago 1990. Finding age with relative time:.

kasper-sanders
Download Presentation

Relative Time:

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Relative Time: • Ages of events are placed in order of occurrence. • No exact date is identified. • Ex. WWI and WWII • I am the second child in my family.

  2. Absolute Time: • identifies the exact date of an event. • Ex. 65 Million Years Ago • 1990

  3. Finding age with relative time: • The Law of Superposition - in a sequence of undisturbed sedimentary rocks, the oldest rocks will be at the bottom.

  4. 2. The law of cross-cutting relationships – anything that cuts across layers of rock is younger than the rocks that it has intruded into. This applies to faults and igneous intrusions.

  5. 3. The law of included fragments - the fragments that make up a rock are older than the entire sample.

  6. The Law of Folds or Tilts: tilts in rocks are younger than the rocks themselves. • Original Horizontality- Rocks are usually deposited flat and level. • Cole’s Law- Thinly sliced cabbage.

  7. Other Guidelines for figuring out a sequence: • Sedimentary rocks are usually formed under water. • Weathering and erosion usually happen above water (on dry land).

  8. Contact metamorphism shows that the rock that was changed was there first when the intrusion happened.

  9. Time for a worksheet • Sequence 1 & 2

  10. Sequence 1: Uplift & Erosion • Limestone deposited • Sandstone deposited • Shale Deposited • Uplift • Erosion

  11. Sequence 2: Faulting • Limestone deposited • Sandstone deposited • Shale deposited • Faulting

  12. Time for another worksheet • Sequence 3 & 4

  13. Sequence 3: Folding • Limestone deposited • Sandstone deposited • Shale deposited • Folding

  14. By the way… • How can you tell if folding has gone so far as to flip the layers over?

  15. Sequence 4: Igneous Intrusion • Limestone deposited • Sandstone deposited • Shale deposited • Igneous Intrusion Note: contact metamorphism is the same event as the intrusion.

  16. Formation of an unconformity

  17. Layers are formed according to superposition.

  18. Something happens to uplift the area folding faulting, etc.

  19. Erosion wears away the uppermost layers

  20. Area submerges and deposition begins again. Here’s the unconformity

More Related