GEOL 1003 : Final Exam Study Giuide
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Chapter 1 - how do you understand the term earth system and modern. Actualism: learn all of ch 1 ppt pretty much. Clasts": siliciclastic sedimentary rocks, ex: conglomerate and breccia, shale, red beds. Direct precipitated from seawater: chemical sedimentary rocks, ex: halite and gypsum, chert, banded iron formation, limestone, debris of once-living organisms, biogenic sedimentary rocks, ex: coal. Chapter 3 what is phylogeny tree: classification of life= phylogeny, to refine the relationships between taxonomic groups. In the form of tree of life : phylogenetic tree shows the evolutionary history of organisms. Chapter 8&9 basic understanding of plate tectonic theory: tectonics describes movements of earth"s crust through time, plate tectonics describes the movements of discrete segments of earth"s crust in relation to one another, emerged in 1960s. Theory development: land bridge idea (19th century, continental drift theory (~1910s, seafloor spreading theory (1960s ), which helps explain continental.
