EESA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Great Unconformity, Devonian
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Pacific plate going beneath the philippine plate both going underneath. Ancient greeks recognized fossils embedded in rocks now on top of mountains. Strata beds, older at bottom, deposition and accumulation of older layers: can use these to correlate rocks from one location to another, aliogeography trying to find out what it was like in ancient times. Diluvium (meaning of a flood") africa was moving towards north america, collided with east coast. Strict biblical interpretation of earth"s history rocks and landscapes result from noah"s flood. More than one flood recognized new life created each time so each layer contains different life forms. Declared in 1625 that earth formed at 9am on october 26th, 4004bc only 6,000 years old. Based on counting generation in the bible. Recognizes that fossil remains are of marine organisms in 1531. Mountains can be raised and lowered, land can be conveyed from one place to another . The scottish enlightment (c1730-1830) industrial revolution, more rational beliefs.
