Slide 1The Rock and Fossil Record Chapter 6 Earths Story and Those Who First Listened Relative Dating: Which Came First? Absolute Dating: A Measure of Time Looking at Fossils…

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 1Relative and Absolute Dating Slide 2 Relative dating - the age of a rock, fossil, or other feature measured compared to another. Slide 3 Absolute dating - (numerical…

Slide 1Earth Science Geologic Time Chapter 11 Slide 2 Historical notes Catastrophism Landscape developed by catastrophes James Ussher, mid-1600s, concluded Earth was only…

Slide 1Geologic Time Chapter 21.1-21.3 Slide 2 Geologic Time Two frames of reference –RELATIVE AGE DATING Places events in order according to their positions in the rock…

Slide 1Earth Science, 12e Geologic Time Chapter 11 Slide 2 Historical notes Catastrophism Landscape developed by catastrophes James Ussher, mid-1600s, concluded Earth was…

Slide 1Fossils and The Law of Superposition Slide 2 Fossils and Superposition What is a fossil? The trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved…

© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Historical notes Catastrophism Landscape developed by catastrophes James Ussher, mid-1600s, concluded Earth was only a few thousand years…

Earth Science Geologic Time Chapter 12 Historical notes Catastrophism Landscape developed by catastrophes James Ussher, mid-1600s, concluded Earth was only a few thousand…

Minerals and Rocks What is the difference? Minerals: nonliving structures with set chemical formulas Example: SiO2 is quartz Rocks: made of combinations of minerals Pair…