GEOL 2207 Lecture Notes - Supercontinent, Erosion Surface, Hydrosphere
Document Summary
Deep time: understanding extreme age of earth. Earth system science: understanding earth as an interaction of many systems (spheres. Ecosystem: a collection of living organisms that interact with earth"s systems. Evolved/evolution: theory to explain biodiversity and emergence of new species. Extinct/extinction: death of every member in a species. Faunal sucession: changes in fossil species over time. Flood basalt: basalt lava produced by large scale volcanic activity. Foraminifera: microfossils that commonly secret a calcium carbonated shell. Fossil range: length of geological time a species existed on earth. Ga: giga annum: billions of years ago. Glacial/ glacial period: cold climatic period marks by the advanced of glaciers. Lithosphere: outer layers of the earth including the crust and uppermost mantle. Ma: mega annum: millions of years ago. Mesozoic: grouping of geological periods, oldest, triassic, youngest cretaceous. Microfossils: all fossils just at the limit or smaller than can be seen by the naked eye. Paleogene: oldest geological period of the cenozoic.
