NATS 1880 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Sedimentary Rock, Silicate Minerals, Radiometric Dating
13 Nov 2016
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More specifically, it has to do with anything from the formation of our planet to volcanoes. When looking at earth, geology and life are intertwined looking at what makes our planet habitable carrying on the evolution of life. The key aspects in which geology is important: Volcanism: the gases that are released through the volcano had been trapped in the. Earth"s i(cid:374)terior as the pla(cid:374)et for(cid:373)ed a(cid:374)d (cid:449)ere origi(cid:374)all(cid:455) the sour(cid:272)e of the earth"s atmosphere and oceans. Also, volcanoes release heat creating chemical environments that possibly could be the reason for the origin of life on our planet. Plate tectonics: this is the shift between rocks in the interior and on the surface which allowed the rearranging of the continents. Other than surface movement, it is (in (cid:373)oder(cid:374) s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e) k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) for the earth"s (cid:272)li(cid:373)ate. The (cid:272)li(cid:373)ate stability has allowed for life to thrive on earth for approx.
