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Introduc)on*to*Geology*
12.001*–*5*September*2012*
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Grotzinger*&*Jordan,*Understanding+Earth+
How old is Earth, and how did it form?
Courtesy of NASA. Image in the public domain.
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What’s on the inside, and how do we know?
Grotzinger*&*Jordan,*Understanding+Earth+3
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Were the continents always arranged as they are today?
Tanya*Atwater,*UCSB*
4Courtesy of Tanya Atwater. Used with permission.
How do mountains form and erode away?
Valle*de*Ordesa,*Spanish*Pyrenees*5
How do we do geology on other planets?
NASA/JPL/Cornell+6
Courtesy of NASA. Image in the public domain.
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