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    the valley a great place for geological study (Green, 1997, p. 9). Today’s Death Valley we see has taken millions of years to take its present form. In this paper, we examining the geological history of the valley and its alluvia fan formation. Precambrian and early Phanerozoic Age I. Pre-Cambrian Age In Pre-Cambrian time, Death Valley landscape was much different than what is today. The Pre-Cambrian eon is

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    atmosphere The time between the formation of the earth and the beginning of the Cambrian(about 570mya) is a 4000 my long period known as the Precambrian, this includes approximately 90% of geological time of which we know very little about as pre-Cambrian rocks are poorly exposed, many have been eroded or metamorphosed and fossils are seldom found. The Precambrian has been divided into 3 Eons: 1.Hadean (4600-3800 mya of which there is no rock record) 2.Archean 3800-2500 mya) 3.Proterozoic 2500-570 mya

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    The idea of evolution was introduced by Charles Darwin, and explains how animals change over time. The theory states that every organism on the Earth originated from a common ancestor and then, through the process of natural selection, how those animals branched off to become different organisms. Scholars use this theory to explain how animals that live on Earth change over time. However, scientists find it difficult to use this theory to explain some events that occurred in the geologic time

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    Cambrian Period

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    Cambrian period 543-490 million years Introduction The Cambrian Period marks the beginning of the Paleozoic Era. This period gets its name from a place in Wales where the first examples of this type of ancient life was found. The period lasted for nearly 53 million years, from about 543 million years ago until 490 million years ago. The Cambrian Period marks an important point in the history of life on earth; it is the time when most of the major groups

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    Precambrian Time

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    Precambrian Time 4.6 bil.-544 mil. The earth is a Molten Lava World. The earth was formed by countless collisions of meteors/molten rock which made it a world of fire and molten rock. Temp. exceeded 8,000 degrees F radioactivity prevented the molten world from cooling quickly Scientists used radioactive dating to date the Earth.The earth is a Waterworld. Meteors with 5% water help cover the Earth with water, but it was mainly because volcanoes gave of huge amounts of carbon dioxide which formed

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    Precambrian Era Essay

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    The Precambrian is the name given for the first super eon of Earth’s history (Mary Bagley, Accessed: 20th Aug 2016). This era itself has been recorded to be about seven-eighths of the entire earth’s history. This era stretches across from 4 Billion years ago up until only 543 Million years ago (Mya) which shows how large and substantial this era was. Precambrian itself refers to the time before the Cambrian period. It also refers to the entire period of time before the formation of the oldest

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    The Precambrian boundary today remains a highly controversial topic despite the continuous research and pressures being put on understanding the early Cambrian evolution. Radioactive dating has seen a dramatic advancement as well as continuous progress in chemo-, bio-, and magneto- stratigraphy. Laminated stromatolites prevail in the Precambrian fossil date as well as a completely new perception on ancient life being understood due to the sequence of the chronostratigraphic period. Biosedimentary

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    are three main eras.  The three eras are the Paleozoic era, Mesozoic era, and the Cenozoic era. There is also a time which is everything before the eras and it is called Precambrian time. Precambrian time did not have any organisms except for some complex life forms that began to come about nearer to the end of the time. Precambrian time was about 4 billion years long. After that, the Paleozoic era began. The Paleozoic was about 295 years long and

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    Precambrian Time In the begging of geologic time was when Precambrian time started. Precambrian is when rocks first formed and extended to the Cambrian time where multicellular organisms were found. Precambrian time is where things began to grow and form becoming an organism or recording earth’s history. Precambrian is the time of Bacteria and mechanisms such as plate tectonics. Also the formation of oceans and the atmosphere. Precambrian time is split into Pre-Archean time (the formation of earth

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    language used in the papers is highly academic and technical which would be more suited to an advanced audience or fellow researchers in the field. The map shows the bedrock distribution and type throughout the state, specifically focusing on the Precambrian and Phanerozoic eras. Some of the data is inferred from previous maps with the inclusion of newly discovered types that are indicated as

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