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Lecture 1

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Deep time

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the immense span of geological time +38-39

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Human history in relation to deep geological time

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Minuscule period

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C

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Some rocks may be involved with relative age dating in the numerical time

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What is unconformity in relative/numerical time tell us?

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missing rock in layer due to erosion or nondeposition resulting in a time gap

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Physical principles:

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Uniformitarianism
Superposition
Horizontality
Lateral Continuity
Cross-cutting relations
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Principle of uniformitarianism states:

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that the processes observed today were the same in the past

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The Law of Superposition states:

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that younger strata lie on top of older strata

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The principle of horizontality states:

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that all rock layers were originally horizontal

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The Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships states:

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that intrusions and faults that cut across rock are necessarily younger than that rock

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The principle of lateral continuity states:

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that layers of sediment initially extend laterally in all directions; in other words, they are laterally continuous. As a result, rocks that are otherwise similar, but are now separated by a valley or other erosional feature, can be assumed to be originally continuous.

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Types of unconformities:

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  1. Angular unconformity
  2. Nonconformity
  3. Disconformity
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James Hutton

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The first to recognize significance of angular unconformities, which he observed in Siccar Point, Scotland where the vertical ordovician sandstone is overlain by devonian redbeds that are gently dipping, a resulting missing time of 50 million years.

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Angular unconformity

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A time gap in the rock record is called?
A. Nondeposition
B. Nonconformity
C. Nonconformity
D. Uniformitarianism
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Nonconformity

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Nonconformity

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Disconformity

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Stratigraphic corelation

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Geological column

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Geolog time scale

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Geological time in relation to life

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Life’s evolution is positioned against the geologic column

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Numerical age

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  1. Radioactive decay
  2. Magnetostratigraphy
  3. Fission track dating
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What does the radioactive decay and the chart of nuclides look like?

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Half a rainbow

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Antoine-Henri Becquerel

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Antoine-Henri Becquerel
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The first to recognize significance of angular unconformities, which he observed in Siccar Point, Scotland where the vertical ordovician sandstone is overlain by devonian redbeds that are gently dipping, a resulting missing time of 50 million years.
James Hutton
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Lord Ernest Rutherford
Conducted experiments between 1898 and 1907 at McGill, which determined half-life and age, winning him the 1908 Nobel Prize.
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Conducted experiments between 1898 and 1907 at McGill, which determined half-life and age, winning him the 1908 Nobel Prize.
Lord Ernest Rutherford
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``` Which of the following methods is NOT used to determine the numerical age of rocks? A. Radioactive isotopes B. Fossil record C. Magnetostratigraphy D. Fission track dating ```
Fossil record
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Radioactive dating determines the age of a mineral by
Measuring the ratio of parent-to-daughter isotopes, using parent half-life
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Table: Isotopes Used in the Isotopic Dating of Rocks
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Magnetostratigraphy
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Fission track dating
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Dating the geologic column
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The age of the earth
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The principles of fossil succession
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Relative age determination
10-12
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The hadean eon
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Biography of earth timeline:
1. Hadean eon 2. Archean eon 3. Proterozoic eon 4. Phanerozoic eon
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The archean eon
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The Proterozoic eon
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Shield terrain
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Cratonic case
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The great oxidation event
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Edicacaran life
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Pannotia
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Snowball eart
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The phanerozoic eon
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Phaneros=
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Zoic=
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The Cambrian Explosion
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Cambrian and ordovician life
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Periods during cenozoic era
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Periods during mesozoic era
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Periods during paleozoic era
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Timeline of eras
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