Geological history of Earth

comparing the old earth and the young earth viewpoints on the topic of Nebular Hypothesis vs. Six-day creation. The purpose of doing this is to see how much our earth has changed and if we can understand what has happened has happened. We are going to look in to why and how they are different or not. As well as explain each creation of the earth in Nebular Hypothesis vs. Six-day creation in the old-Earth and the Young-Earth. II. Old Earth secular view: When looking at the Old-Earths secular…

How Earth Science impacts us “Science” This is a familiar term to everyone, it is usually connected to experiments, data and individuals in white lab conts. This shows how science plays a very important part at our lives. But what is the purpose of science? The purpose of science is to learn more about our world. To learn what earth is made of, how it started, and how things work. This is the importance of science. One very important part of science is Earth Science, learning about the Earth…

conclude that the Aitape Skull was the world’s oldest known tsunami victim. The History Of Aitape Skull…

Until recently it was believed that the earth had only experienced 4 to 5 glacial periods, all of which occurred in the past 2 million years. (Louis Agassiz, 1837) However, globally conducted research has revealed that countless glacial advances have appeared over 200 million years ago, thus broadening our insight of the history of the earth system by 100 times. These astonishing advances have witnessed the introduction of a new sub-discipline—palaeoclimatology, which specialises in the study of…

When the word science is uttered in a conversation most people tend to Science is defined in Leonard Brand’s book Faith, Reason, and Earth History as, “the search for truth through repeated experiment and observation.” With that in mind the area of science I am mainly going to focus on is geology. Geology includes the study of minerals, natural earth processes, as well as fossils. The third and final topic I am also going to address the topic of faith. The end goal is to fully lay out how I…

identifiable layers. As we reconstruct the history of Vicunia we can also recognise distinct geological events that have occurred, which allow the layers of Vicunia to lie as we now observe them. Many of the layers contain fossils that have been dated to certain prehistoric periods; this allows us to apply a time scale to the deposition and construction of these layers. We can use the principles of geology and the principles of stratigraphy to explain the geological reasoning behind each…

Krakatoa Mother nature is a forced not to be taken lightly. Although many think that geological events (nature) will never effect their life, in a major way at least, it is never known when the next tragic, devastating, and monumental event will occur. Human caused catastrophes, like 9/11, touch the lives of thousands of people. However, after reading the book "Krakatoa" by Simon Winchester, I learned that one geological catastrophic event can change and affect the lives of millions.…

Part II of Thomas Friedman’s book Thank you for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations revolves around the accelerating forces of technology, globalization and climate change, which are driving the “Machine.” A term used by the author to describe “the world’s biggest gears and pulleys [that] are shaping events.” In chapter 6, Friedman uses “Mother Nature” as an umbrella term to refer to climate change, biodiversity loss and population growth and he argues that…

Ash and Pumice, the Story of Pompeii Angela R. Davis Fresno Pacific University PHYS-151-XON10 Geology and Planet Earth September 24, 2015 Ash and Pumice, the Story of Pompeii Pompeii is a city arrested by time; it is beautifully situated on the Italian seaside with the Somma-Vesuvio complex dominating the skyline. Its ancient narrative is told in ash, pumice, and petrified masks of humanity. Mount Vesuvius is well known for its violent past as attested by the hundreds of…

Young Earth Creationism is a theory that states that the universe, including Earth, is 6000-12000 years old and was created in six literal days (Mortenson, 2011). One of the main arguments for this theory is that there are many naturally occurring phenomena in the universe which show that YEC is the only viable theory. This argument was proposed by Dr. Russell Humphreys, an expert in YEC. One of these phenomena includes the spiral shape of the known galaxies. Humphreys suggests that the spiral…