ESCI 402 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Silicate Minerals, Esci, Sediment Transport
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Esci 402 earth history review sheet for test 1 (friday, february 26, 2016) Week 1 (jan 27,29) introduction to historical geology (ch. Physical geology: examines composition, structure and processes that affect the modern earth. Historical geology: focuses on past events in the geological history of the earth. The past is the key to the present - informs us on how we got to where we are today. The scientific method: questions: what are we trying to learn, data collection, observations and experiments, hypothesis: several explanations of data, further testing, theory: consistent confirmation from further testing, scientific law: understanding how things happen. Early ideas and founding fathers of historical geology. Leonardo da vinci- rejection of flood origin for fossil deposits. Nicolaus steno- organic origin and preservation fossils, stratigraphic principles. James hutton- dynamic earth cycles, geologic time, uniformitarianism. Charles lyell- the great synthesizer; added two new stratigraphic principles. Week 2 (feb 01,03,05) rocks and the geological cycle (ch.
