A Geological History of the Earth
description
Transcript of A Geological History of the Earth
![Page 1: A Geological History of the Earth](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062305/568157f3550346895dc57071/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
![Page 2: A Geological History of the Earth](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062305/568157f3550346895dc57071/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
A Geological History of the Earth
Or, a reverse-chronological view of our planet from supercontinent to supercontinent.
By: Andrew Hookway
![Page 3: A Geological History of the Earth](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062305/568157f3550346895dc57071/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Supercontinents
Vaalbara (3.3 BYA to 2.8 BYA)
Kenorland (2.7 BYA to 2.5 BYA)
Columbia (1.8 BYA to 1.5 BYA)
Ur (3 BYA to 1 BYA)
Rodinia (1 BYA to 800 MYA)
Pannotia (600 MYA to 540 MYA)
Pangaea (300 MYA to 180 MYA)
![Page 4: A Geological History of the Earth](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062305/568157f3550346895dc57071/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
What Makes Continents Move?
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
![Page 5: A Geological History of the Earth](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062305/568157f3550346895dc57071/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Vaalbara(3.3 BYA to 2.8 BYA)
?
![Page 6: A Geological History of the Earth](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062305/568157f3550346895dc57071/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Kenorland(2.7 BYA to 2.5 BYA)
http://www.geophysics.helsinki.fi/tutkimus/01_Supercontinents_in_the_geological_past_se.php?page=1
![Page 7: A Geological History of the Earth](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062305/568157f3550346895dc57071/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Columbia(1.8 BYA to 1.5 BYA)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1892869.stmhttp://www.spacedaily.com/news/tectonics-02b.html
AU: AustraliaIN: India
MA: MadagascarZI: ?
KA: Congo
NWAf: Northwest AfricaSAm: South America
NA: North AmericaGR: GreenlandSI: SiberiaBA: Baltica (Europe, esp. Scandanavia)
![Page 8: A Geological History of the Earth](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062305/568157f3550346895dc57071/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Ur(3 BYA to 1 BYA)
http://research.unc.edu/endeavors/spr97/maps.html
![Page 9: A Geological History of the Earth](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062305/568157f3550346895dc57071/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Competing Theories
3 BYA 2 BYA 1 BYA
Vaalbara Kenorland Columbia Rodinia
![Page 10: A Geological History of the Earth](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062305/568157f3550346895dc57071/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Rodinia(1 BYA to 800 MYA)
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/geo_history_wa/Dance%20of%20the%20Giant%20Continents.htm
http://www.palaeos.com/Earth/Geography/Rodinia.htmhttp://www.peripatus.gen.nz/Paleontology/Rodinia.html
![Page 11: A Geological History of the Earth](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062305/568157f3550346895dc57071/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Pannotia(600 MYA to 540 MYA)
http://scotese.com/precambr.htmhttp://www.jamestown-ri.info/prelude.htm
![Page 12: A Geological History of the Earth](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062305/568157f3550346895dc57071/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Pangaea(300 MYA to 180 MYA)
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/res_area/geology/camp/MapsFigures.html
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/historical.html
![Page 13: A Geological History of the Earth](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062305/568157f3550346895dc57071/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Pangaea Ultima(250 MY to 300 MY)
http://scotese.com/future.htmhttp://scotese.com/future1.htmhttp://scotese.com/future2.htm
![Page 14: A Geological History of the Earth](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062305/568157f3550346895dc57071/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Referenceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
http://www.geophysics.helsinki.fi/tutkimus/01_Supercontinents_in_the_geological_past_se.php?page=1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1892869.stm
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/tectonics-02b.html
http://research.unc.edu/endeavors/spr97/maps.html
http://www.palaeos.com/Earth/Geography/Rodinia.htm
http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/Paleontology/Rodinia.html
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/geo_history_wa/Dance%20of%20the%20Giant%20Continents.htm
http://scotese.com/earth.htm
http://www.jamestown-ri.info/prelude.htm
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/res_area/geology/camp/MapsFigures.html
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/historical.html
![Page 15: A Geological History of the Earth](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062305/568157f3550346895dc57071/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Questions?