EESA06H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Stromatolite, Lithosphere, The Mantle
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Became a scientific discipline in the late eighteenth century. William smith is called the father of english geology. William logan (1842) founding director of the geological survey of canada. Deep time is the vastly greater period of time in which changes in geology occur crest from the ridge. Jack tuzo wilson is the first canadian to complete a degree in geophysics at u of t the idea on transform faults and hot spots. Earth is estimated to 4. 55 billion years old. Prospectors : spending a lot of time researching in the field . They take on an expanded set of responsibilities of that of a geologist, with the addition of scientific fields. Geochemist: working in a lab to analyze the chemistry of rocks and materials. Look for different minerals like gold, silvers, and diamonds. We can easily calculate how long it will take the plate to move 1. 000 km away from the.
