Not Getting the Drift - Personal webpages at NTNU
... The progress of geologic understanding over the past two centuries is well documented in beautifully written and illustrated textbooks. Sir Charles Lyell (17971875) was the most productive and influential of the early textbook authors. His main income came from his books. He began his career with a ...
... The progress of geologic understanding over the past two centuries is well documented in beautifully written and illustrated textbooks. Sir Charles Lyell (17971875) was the most productive and influential of the early textbook authors. His main income came from his books. He began his career with a ...
2. - Teacher Friendly Guides
... Earth science is an inherently local subject. No two places share exactly the same sequence of events that led to the way they are today. In this sense, Earth science is a subject to be explored in one’s own neighborhood, examining the detailed sequence of rocks for the history that has gone on unde ...
... Earth science is an inherently local subject. No two places share exactly the same sequence of events that led to the way they are today. In this sense, Earth science is a subject to be explored in one’s own neighborhood, examining the detailed sequence of rocks for the history that has gone on unde ...
Geology of the Dogskin Mountain Quadrangle, northern Walker
... to shallow water deposition of early Holocene to latest Pleistocene lake levels, which rose to a maximum elevation of ~1230 m in the Pyramid Lake basin. Age of the upper Sehoo Alloformation is poorly constrained; however, a date of 10.8 ka was obtained from a 1212 m transgressional shoreline in the ...
... to shallow water deposition of early Holocene to latest Pleistocene lake levels, which rose to a maximum elevation of ~1230 m in the Pyramid Lake basin. Age of the upper Sehoo Alloformation is poorly constrained; however, a date of 10.8 ka was obtained from a 1212 m transgressional shoreline in the ...
Geologic Map of the Melba Quadrangle,Canyon and Ada Counties
... Glenns Ferry Formation. Gravel clasts recycled from the Ten Mile Gravel also are scattered throughout the blast deposit. The upper half of this unit is basaltic tephra, which varies in color from yellowish upwards to reddish, to black at the top of the section. Hat Butte basalt fragments are common ...
... Glenns Ferry Formation. Gravel clasts recycled from the Ten Mile Gravel also are scattered throughout the blast deposit. The upper half of this unit is basaltic tephra, which varies in color from yellowish upwards to reddish, to black at the top of the section. Hat Butte basalt fragments are common ...
Classification of Alberta Landforms
... In addition, "the classical method is to arrange landforms according to the main geomorphological processes that are recognized as responsible for their genesis" (Campbell 1997). A classification system based on genesis, however, is not without its problems. Different schemes by different "experts" ...
... In addition, "the classical method is to arrange landforms according to the main geomorphological processes that are recognized as responsible for their genesis" (Campbell 1997). A classification system based on genesis, however, is not without its problems. Different schemes by different "experts" ...
Geologic Map of the Baker Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: DWM
... Janecke and Blankenau (2003) interpreted the Salmon basin as one of several supradetachment basins that formed in east-central Idaho and western Montana between 46 and 31 Ma (late middle Eocene to early Oligocene). Blankenau (1999) studied the structure and stratigraphy in the southern portion of th ...
... Janecke and Blankenau (2003) interpreted the Salmon basin as one of several supradetachment basins that formed in east-central Idaho and western Montana between 46 and 31 Ma (late middle Eocene to early Oligocene). Blankenau (1999) studied the structure and stratigraphy in the southern portion of th ...
DWM-132 - Idaho Geological Survey
... (cordierite?) and is locally deformed. Carbonate cement, where present in abundance, allows punky weathering of the quartzite; calc-silicate minerals present locally. Some beds exhibit soft sediment deformation ranging from 1 dm loads to 2 m broad channels that apparently sagged into underlying beds ...
... (cordierite?) and is locally deformed. Carbonate cement, where present in abundance, allows punky weathering of the quartzite; calc-silicate minerals present locally. Some beds exhibit soft sediment deformation ranging from 1 dm loads to 2 m broad channels that apparently sagged into underlying beds ...
Tuolumne Meadows
... During the Pleistocene glacial episodes, the Tuolumne Meadows area was covered by a huge icefield. Only the tops of the highest mountains rose above the ice. From this icefield, glaciers extended down many valleys on the eastern and western slopes of the Sierra. Among these, the Lee Vining glacier f ...
... During the Pleistocene glacial episodes, the Tuolumne Meadows area was covered by a huge icefield. Only the tops of the highest mountains rose above the ice. From this icefield, glaciers extended down many valleys on the eastern and western slopes of the Sierra. Among these, the Lee Vining glacier f ...
Evidence for iceberg armadas from East Antarctica
... define the 40Ar/39Ar age populations. The analytical error is about 1% (see supplementary data file in Appendix A), which is much less than the age differences between the source provinces (see below). Excess argon cannot be detected on an individual single-step fusion age, but the well-separated age ...
... define the 40Ar/39Ar age populations. The analytical error is about 1% (see supplementary data file in Appendix A), which is much less than the age differences between the source provinces (see below). Excess argon cannot be detected on an individual single-step fusion age, but the well-separated age ...
Mr. Altorfer - Fair Lawn Public Schools
... Remains of the same plants and animals are present on different continents that are now separated by oceans. Fossils of plants and animals that lived in wet, warm climates are in areas that now have cold climates. Deposits of coal in Antarctica are evidence of continental drift. The fossilized ...
... Remains of the same plants and animals are present on different continents that are now separated by oceans. Fossils of plants and animals that lived in wet, warm climates are in areas that now have cold climates. Deposits of coal in Antarctica are evidence of continental drift. The fossilized ...
The Outer Hebrides - Scottish Natural Heritage
... oldest rocks in Europe. These rocks have been known as the ‘Lewisian gneisses’ since the late 19th century, and are named after the Isle of Lewis. They also occur in the northwestern part of the Scottish mainland, between Skye and Cape Wrath. Gneisses are metamorphic rocks – rocks that have been alt ...
... oldest rocks in Europe. These rocks have been known as the ‘Lewisian gneisses’ since the late 19th century, and are named after the Isle of Lewis. They also occur in the northwestern part of the Scottish mainland, between Skye and Cape Wrath. Gneisses are metamorphic rocks – rocks that have been alt ...
Argyll and the Islands - Scottish Natural Heritage
... 12, 600 to 11, 500 years ago. Full glacial conditions returned and outlet glaciers readvanced into the sea from the mountains to the east. 14, 700 to 12, 600 years ago. A period of warmer climate, much like that of today, led to the rapid melting of the glaciers. Sea level was much higher than today ...
... 12, 600 to 11, 500 years ago. Full glacial conditions returned and outlet glaciers readvanced into the sea from the mountains to the east. 14, 700 to 12, 600 years ago. A period of warmer climate, much like that of today, led to the rapid melting of the glaciers. Sea level was much higher than today ...
Moray and Caithness - Scottish Natural Heritage
... long-lost ocean, a lake that extended between Scotland and Greenland, arid deserts and tropical forests, have all played their part in shaping the landscape. However, the most profound landscape changes are due to the relatively recent scouring by a vast ice sheet. Humans moved in as the glaciers re ...
... long-lost ocean, a lake that extended between Scotland and Greenland, arid deserts and tropical forests, have all played their part in shaping the landscape. However, the most profound landscape changes are due to the relatively recent scouring by a vast ice sheet. Humans moved in as the glaciers re ...
How The Ice Age Shaped Indiana
... Picturing the Ice Age, some people imagine tribes of cave men out hunting woolly mammoths or saber-toothed tigers. That might not be far from a true image of ice age life, but only as it existed near the end of the vast stretch of time that is known as Earth’s last great Ice Age. The Ice Age lasted ...
... Picturing the Ice Age, some people imagine tribes of cave men out hunting woolly mammoths or saber-toothed tigers. That might not be far from a true image of ice age life, but only as it existed near the end of the vast stretch of time that is known as Earth’s last great Ice Age. The Ice Age lasted ...
Geology of Norvin Green State Forest, Passiac County, New Jersey
... large magma chambers within the Earth’s crust. Today these granitic rocks underlie roughly 50 percent of the Highlands. A little over 1 billion years ago, nearly all of the rocks of the Highlands were metamorphosed (metamorphism means to change form) under conditions of high temperature at about 770 ...
... large magma chambers within the Earth’s crust. Today these granitic rocks underlie roughly 50 percent of the Highlands. A little over 1 billion years ago, nearly all of the rocks of the Highlands were metamorphosed (metamorphism means to change form) under conditions of high temperature at about 770 ...
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... wind, & ice are all agents of erosion & deposition that you can see. And though you can’t see it & might not be aware of it, gravity is also an agent of erosion & deposition constantly at work on the Earth’s surface. Gravity not only influences the movement of water, such as waves, streams, & ice, b ...
... wind, & ice are all agents of erosion & deposition that you can see. And though you can’t see it & might not be aware of it, gravity is also an agent of erosion & deposition constantly at work on the Earth’s surface. Gravity not only influences the movement of water, such as waves, streams, & ice, b ...
Copy of A View of Earth`s Past Fill in Notes
... Academic Vocabulary—dominant (having the greatest effect; most numerous. I. ...
... Academic Vocabulary—dominant (having the greatest effect; most numerous. I. ...
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC
... Ellis Group, undivided (Middle and Upper Jurassic) -- Individual formations are not mapped separately; includes the Swift, Rierdon, and Piper Formations. Swift: interbedded medium-gray shale, limestone, and calcareous sandstone, fossiliferous. Brownish-gray, fossiliferous, very sandy limestone occur ...
... Ellis Group, undivided (Middle and Upper Jurassic) -- Individual formations are not mapped separately; includes the Swift, Rierdon, and Piper Formations. Swift: interbedded medium-gray shale, limestone, and calcareous sandstone, fossiliferous. Brownish-gray, fossiliferous, very sandy limestone occur ...
Bedrock - NH Division of Forests and Lands
... belt mountains formed in response to the shallow under-thrusting of one plate of continental lithosphere beneath the other plate of continental lithosphere (no true subduction in this particular case) along with extreme buckling and telescoping of the lithosphere of both plates in the form of thrust ...
... belt mountains formed in response to the shallow under-thrusting of one plate of continental lithosphere beneath the other plate of continental lithosphere (no true subduction in this particular case) along with extreme buckling and telescoping of the lithosphere of both plates in the form of thrust ...
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... Pressure melting point varies with snow accumulation, surface melting and crevassing (freeze-thaw zones change). If glacier is frozen to surface and rock is fractured, it may be plucked by the glacier above and incorporated into the ice. ...
... Pressure melting point varies with snow accumulation, surface melting and crevassing (freeze-thaw zones change). If glacier is frozen to surface and rock is fractured, it may be plucked by the glacier above and incorporated into the ice. ...
Geology of Peoria and Tazewell Counties
... entire central area of the United States was slowly lifted above sea level, and a drainage network of streams began to form. The Teays system was a major river system that drained the western flank of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia and flowed westward across Ohio, Indiana, and into centr ...
... entire central area of the United States was slowly lifted above sea level, and a drainage network of streams began to form. The Teays system was a major river system that drained the western flank of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia and flowed westward across Ohio, Indiana, and into centr ...
Interstate State Park geology
... have little trace of events around Interstate. We know that the rift stopped widening. A lot of things may have happened, but any evidence they left was destroyed by later events. One of these events was the coming of the sea to the area. Minnesota has many sedimentary or water-deposited rock format ...
... have little trace of events around Interstate. We know that the rift stopped widening. A lot of things may have happened, but any evidence they left was destroyed by later events. One of these events was the coming of the sea to the area. Minnesota has many sedimentary or water-deposited rock format ...
Chapter 12 - Cloudfront.net
... in valleys originally created by stream erosion. As these glaciers slowly flow downhill, they widen and straighten the valleys into broad U shapes. ...
... in valleys originally created by stream erosion. As these glaciers slowly flow downhill, they widen and straighten the valleys into broad U shapes. ...
Agents of Erosion and Deposition
... in valleys originally created by stream erosion. As these glaciers slowly flow downhill, they widen and straighten the valleys into broad U shapes. ...
... in valleys originally created by stream erosion. As these glaciers slowly flow downhill, they widen and straighten the valleys into broad U shapes. ...
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene /ˈplaɪstɵsiːn/ (symbol PS) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's recent period of repeated glaciations.Charles Lyell introduced this term in 1839 to describe strata in Sicily that had at least 70% of their molluscan fauna still living today. This distinguished it from the older Pliocene Epoch, which Lyell had originally thought to be the youngest fossil rock layer. He constructed the name ""Pleistocene"" (""Most New"" or ""Newest"") from the Greek πλεῖστος, pleīstos, ""most"", and καινός, kainós (latinized as cænus), ""new""; this contrasting with the immediately preceding Pleiocene (""More New"" or ""Newer"", from πλείων, pleíōn, ""more"", and kainós; usual spelling: Pliocene), and the immediately subsequent Holocene (""wholly new"" or ""entirely new"", from ὅλος, hólos, ""whole"", and kainós) epoch, which extends to the present time.The Pleistocene is the first epoch of the Quaternary Period or sixth epoch of the Cenozoic Era. The end of the Pleistocene corresponds with the end of the last glacial period. It also corresponds with the end of the Paleolithic age used in archaeology. In the ICS timescale, the Pleistocene is divided into four stages or ages, the Gelasian, Calabrian, Ionian and Tarantian. All of these stages were defined in southern Europe. In addition to this international subdivision, various regional subdivisions are often used.Before a change finally confirmed in 2009 by the International Union of Geological Sciences, the time boundary between the Pleistocene and the preceding Pliocene was regarded as being at 1.806 million years before the present, as opposed to the currently accepted 2.588 million years BP: publications from the preceding years may use either definition of the period.