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Geology
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Feb 20, 2024
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Geological Events
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Past events that shaped and created the world we live upon today, studied by geologists to reconstruct Earth's history.
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Understanding of Earth's history through the assumption that present processes are
key to interpreting the past and predicting the future.
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Geological View
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Absolute Dating
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Vast time scale measured in millions and billions of years, crucial for understanding Earth's history and our place in nature and history.
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Uniformitarianism
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Assumption that chemical and physical laws of nature have remained constant over Earth's history, allowing interpretation of past events.
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Geological Time
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Vast time scale measured in millions and billions of years, crucial for understanding Earth's history and our place in nature and history.
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Geological Timeframe
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Preserved clues from layers of rock, minerals, and fossils used by geologists to interpret past events and reconstruct Earth's history.
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Charles Lyell
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Geologist who popularized the idea of geological processes acting slowly and continuously in his influential book Principles of Geology.
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Geological Understanding
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Guiding principles such as superposition and original horizontality used by geologists to determine the relative ages of rock layers.
Vast time scale measured in millions and billions of years, crucial for understanding Earth's history and our place in nature and history.
Comprehension of Earth's history through the assumption that present processes are key to interpreting the past and predicting the future.
Understanding of Earth's history through the assumption that present processes are
key to interpreting the past and predicting the future.
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Relative Dating
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Revelation of Earth's great antiquity, providing essential context for understanding our place in nature and history.
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