Slide 1 Archaeological Dating Methods Relative Absolute Slide 2 Relative Dating Geologic Time Stratigraphic Correlation Biostratigraphy Example: Life in the Pleistocene Seriation…
PowerPoint Presentation Sedimentary Rocks, Fossils & Relative Dating Techniques How do geologists know about events like the extinction of the dinosaurs and what the…
Slide 1 Chapter 9, Section 1: Relative Dating Ahhh! I’m not dating HER ! She’s my cousin! Eewww! No way! 9.1 The beginnings of geology In 1666, Nicholas Steno, a Danish…
Relative Dating & Deforming the Earth’s CrustFolds, Faults and Deformities… OH MY!! Is this the correct principle?Uniformitarianism Geologic processes that occurred…
Relative Dating The study of geology as a science is quite young as compared to other sciences like physics, astronomy, and biology. When thinking about geologic history
Lesson 2: Relative Dating and Stratigraphy Student objectives: Suggested procedure: This lesson introduces students to the Law of Superposition and the concept of index fossils.
INTRODUCTION:! When observing a road-cut the different stratum of rocks becomes obvious. Geologic events such as deposition, erosion, volcanism and faulting are preserved…
Slide 1Relative and Absolute Dating Slide 2 Relative dating - the age of a rock, fossil, or other feature measured compared to another. Slide 3 Absolute dating - (numerical…
Slide 1Relative and Absolute Age Law of Superposition Slide 2 Relative and Absolute Dating There are two major ways to date geologic events: Relative dating-how old a rock…
Relative and Absolute Age Law of Superposition Relative and Absolute Dating There are two major ways to date geologic events: Relative dating-how old a rock is compared to…
Slide 1 Relative and Absolute Dating Hill Science 6 Slide 2 Relative Dating Fossils can be dated relative to one another by noting their positions in strata. Fossils found…
Slide 1Relative Time Slide 2 Relative Dating Relative dating – events are placed in a sequence, but actual occurance dates are unknown. Who is older, Mr. Kopp or Justin…
Slide 1 Relative Dating of Strata Slide 2 Relative Dating Determining relative ages of rocks or strata compared to another rock or strata. Can say which layer is older and…
Slide 1 Plate Tectonics Relative Dating and Rock Layers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mcC8kFacrk Slide 2 Earth’s History Slide 3 How old is our Universe? 13.7 billion…
Journal Entry #4 â Fossils and Relative Dating Journal Entry #3 â Fossils and Relative Dating Yay! Old rocks that look like dead stuff! Woooooo!!!! The only thing that…
Chapter 8 Section 2 Review Page 196 Relative Age Dating Absolute Age Dating 2. Explain why calculations of absolute age based on rates of erosion and deposition can be inaccurate.…
Slide 1 Test Review Topics of the test: - Geological Time - Fossils - Relative Dating - Absolute Dating Slide 2 Question 1 Slide 3 Slide 4 Question 2 Slide 5 Slide 6 Question…
Relative Age Dating (with special emphasis on Arkansas materials) Angela Chandler Arkansas Geological Survey Bekki White, Director and State Geologist 2009 Little Rock, Arkansas…
1.Earth Science Chapter 3.2Relative Dating : Which Came First?2. Objectives:Explain how relative dating is used in geology.Explain the principle of superposition.Describe…
Warm-up How do scientists use ‘relative dating?’Which layer is the oldest? Which layer is the youngest? Which layers are older than the fault line B? Penny Lab Absolute…