Time, Cratons, and Voyageurs NP

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The mudcracks shown above formed over 1.1 billion years ago in a dry lake basinin what is now Montana.
Raindrop impressions are preserved in 1.1 billion year old sedimentary rocks inthe Belt Group rocks of Montana.
Page 2 and 3: Today’s Lecture• Geologic Time
Page 4 and 5: PrinciplesofStratigraphy• Origina
Page 6 and 7: Layered sedimentary rock is typical
Page 8 and 9: The Principle of Superposition stat
Page 13 and 14: The Principle of Cross-Cutting Rela
Page 15 and 16: Complex sequences of events can be
Page 17 and 18: Unconformities• Nosinglelocationo
Page 19 and 20: Intrusive igneous rocks and metamor
Page 21 and 22: Note the abrupt interruption of the
Page 23: Both “sides” of this angular un
Page 26: The Grand Canyon has several unconf
Page 29 and 30: FaunalSuccessionandCorrelation• W
Page 31 and 32: Correlation of rock units over grea
Page 33: DivisionsofTimeScale• Eons(larges
Page 36 and 37: SpontaneousRadioactiveDecay• Some
Page 38 and 39: RadiometricDatingofRocks• Inorder
Page 40 and 41: Potassium-Argon dating can be used
Page 42 and 43: The steep front of this Hawaiian ba
Page 44 and 45: Organic samples are prepared for ra
Page 46 and 47: Radiocarbon dating is useful for as
Page 48 and 49: OtherAbsoluteMethods• Severalothe
Page 50 and 51: Varves: Lakes which freeze overduri
Page 52 and 53: Cosmogenic (surface) dating: If a r
Page 54 and 55: Formation of Continental CratonsMet
Page 56 and 57: Terrane AccretionMarshak, EARTH (No
Page 58 and 59: Pillow basaltscraped off theocean f
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NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT~500 Millio
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Voyageurs National Park• Establis
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Voyageurs National ParkRecent Histo
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Voyageurs National ParkGeologic His
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Voyageurs National ParkAn example o
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Voyageurs National ParkGeologic His
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