ENVIRSC 1G03 Final: Final-Summarized-Notes
31 Jan 2016
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Bishop ussher: in 1650 claimed earth was created in 4004 bc. Official view before about 1750 was that all sedimentary rocks were laid down in. Catastrophism: theory that all surface features were due to intermittent catastrophes. Huttonian revolution (james hutton, founder of modern geology): Gradual change (could account for most of what was known about the earth in the. Earth is a dynamic planet (who"s surface is constantly changing and its materials history have resulted from the action of continuous and uniform processes. Uniformitarianism: theory that the changes in the earth"s crust during geological. 1800"s: belief was that the earth was once molten and had shrunk, this made sense of the mountain belts looking like crumpled skin. However, rift valleys appeared to be pulling apart . 1900"s: belief was that earth had been expanding from heat radioactivity, this explained why the rift valleys appeared to be pulling apart.
