Slide 117. Radiometric dating and applications to sediment transport William Wilcock OCEAN/ESS 410 Slide 2 Lecture/Lab Learning Goals Understand the basic equations of radioactive…

Slide 1Relative Dating Slide 2 I. Relative Dating Relative Dating comparedRelative Dating is when you give the age of a rock or fossil compared to another rock or fossil.…

Slide 1Relative and Absolute Age Law of Superposition Slide 2 Relative and Absolute Dating There are two major ways to date geologic events: Relative dating-how old a rock…

Slide 1PALAEONTOLOGY The study of fossils © 2008 Paul Billiet ODWSODWS Slide 2 The formation of fossils Fossils are generally of rock that had replaced the preserved organism…

Slide 1William Smith, 1815 Geologic map of England, Wales, part of Scotland The Map That Changed the World Slide 2 Slide 3 The relative geologic time scale has a sequence…

Slide 1Radiometric Dating and Half Life Slide 2 Radiometric Dating A method of dating rocks and other materials based on the rate of radioactive isotope decay. Radioactive…

Slide 1READING THE ROCK RECORD Slide 2 relative time: events are in sequence, but no actual dates absolute time: identifies actual date of event Slide 3 Most geologic work…

Slide 1Chapter 8 Section 2 Handout Determining Absolute Age Slide 2 1. What does relative age indicate? Only that one rock formation is younger or older than another rock…

Slide 1Changes through time Survival of the Fittest Slide 2 Evidence that life has changed and is now changing Slide 3 Fossil Record Fossils are remains or traces of organisms…

Slide 1Chapter 6 review Slide 2 1. UNIFORMITARIANISM: -The processes that shape the Earth today are the same processes that occurred in the geologic past The present is the…