Slide 1Determining Relative Age Section 17.1 by Andrea Robson and Christian Eib Slide 2 Principle of uniformitarianism a man in the 18 th century named James Hutton invented…

Slide 1Relative Dating: Which Came First? (No we arent talking about dating your cousin even though we live in Alabama. ) Slide 2 What is relative dating? It is determining…

Slide 1Geologic History Slide 2 Geologic Time Scale Slide 3 Chart of Earths history showing events, time units, & ages Era: the four largest subdivisions of the geologic…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Determining geological ages Relative ages – placing rocks and geologic events in their proper sequence, oldest to youngest. Absolute dates – define the…

Slide 1 Slide 2 - What is Relative Dating ? Relative Dating is determining whether an object or event is older or younger than other objects or events. Slide 3 -What is it?…

Slide 1Understanding Earth Sixth Edition Chapter 8: CLOCKS IN ROCKS Timing the Geologic Record © 2011 by W. H. Freeman and Company Grotzinger Jordan Slide 2 Chapter 8: Clocks…

Slide 1Chapter 32 Geologic History Relative & Absolute Dating BFRB Pages 245-256 Slide 2 Whos got the TIME? -RELATIVE TIME - the order or sequence is known, but not the…

Slide 1 Geology Unit Review Slide 2 Charles Darwin suggested that organisms could change over time through what process? Natural selection Slide 3 The continual creation…

Slide 1 Stratigraphy The study of the origin, relationship and extent of rock layers (Strata). Slide 2 Lithostratigraphy Each layer is a different rock type. Chronostratigraphy…

Slide 1 William E. Ferguson Slide 2 1 million years."> Geologic Time A major difference between geologists and most other scientists is their attitude about time.…