EOSC 326 Lecture 1: Module A Lesson 1 - Time, Rocks, and Stratigraphy.docx

• School: UBC
• Department: Earth and Ocean Sciences
• Course: EOSC 326
• Professor: Louise Longridge

Document Summary

Outline: geological time, geological concepts and terminology, stratigraphy, the day the universe changed, episode 8, fit to rule. Chapters 1, 2, 3 (beginning of chapter - 34), 4, 5 [beginning of chapter - 102 (up to organizing. Strata to solve geological problems); p. 109 (unconformities: something is missing) - 112 (up to depicting the past)] Much of this reading is background information which you will need to understand the course going forward. However, if there is a topic that is directly discussed in the course notes and is expanded on within these readings, this material is examinable. In the western tradition, one of the earliest and most influential figures in the interpretation of geological time was james ussher (1581 - 1665), archbishop of armagh. An important historical figure in his own right, ussher also published a chronology of earth"s history using all dates mentioned in the bible to establish a timeline.