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Presentation for NCOB field staff professional development
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A Table Rock Geology PrimerOutward Bound Staff Training
Michael Follo
Foliation resulting from directed stress
Major Events in the History of Earth and Life
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Age of the Earth 4600
Oldest known Rocks 4000
Oldest known Fossils (single-celled algae, bacteria) 3500
Oxygen-rich atmosphere 2500
First multi-cellular organisms (metazoans) 600
Cambrian Explosion 540
First land plants/animals 400
Appalachians Form (Table Rock!) 300
Earliest Dinosaurs 275
Permo-Triassic Extinction 248
First Mammals 200
Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction (Dinos, etc.) 65
Rockies Form 50
Earliest hominids 4
Earliest Homo sapiens 0.25
Last Ice Age 0.01
“Geologic Year”
1 calendar year (365 days) = 4.6 billion years
1 “day” = 12.6 million years
January 1 Origin of the Earth
February 14 Oldest known rocks
April 1 Oldest known fossils
October 31 Cambrian Explosion
November 25 First land plants/animals
December 1 Appalachians form
December 7 First Dinosaurs
December 25 Dinosaurs extinct!
December 26 Rockies form
December 31
5:00 pm First Hominids
11:30 pm First Homo sapiens
11:58 pm Last ice age
11:59::57 Voyage of Columbus