Earth Sciences 2240F/G Final: Midterm Study Notes.pdf
14 Jan 2015
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Unit 1: philosophy and geologic age dates the scientific method: observation, formation of hypothesis, test of hypothesis with more observation, formation of theory if all observations consistent. Predictions based on theory: formation of law after long time of testing. Steno: reconstruct the history of earth"s surface on the basis of the processes he could see happening (weathering, sediment transport by water and wind); called father of stratigraphy . His theory, this original surface was a smooth pile of sediments. Hutton: first person to formulate and name the concept of gradualism/uniformitarianism, known as. Father of modern geology , was a deist (he believed in a deity but not in either divine intervention or in conformity of natural processes to scriptures) Meteorites (from asteroid fragments): 4. 567 billion years (approximate age of the solar system) Earth: 4. 54 billion years impact between theia and earth: 4. 48 billion years.
