Wednesday, September 21, 2011

I think that the order of the layers was 3,1,6,B,2,5,4. I think this because i know that 3 is the newest, stenos principle of cross-cutting relationships says that a intrusions are always younger than the layers they cut through. I know that 1 and 6 come next because they are the layer right below layer 1 and they are the only other horizontal layers, Stenos law of strata continuity says that layers form over large sideways areas, this makes it so these would be the only ones that could be directly older than 1. B would come next because it is a fault and it cracked the other rocks layers such as 4 and 5. 2 is next because it is another intrusion and it only cuts through layers 4 and 5, so it couldn't be younger than anything it didn't cut through. 5 would come next because you can see that even though it is turned, if you straightened 4 and 5 out 4 would definitely be older.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

I think that the Earth is more than 6,000 years old because in places like the grand canyon you can see all of the layers of rock and you can tell by analyzing the rock how old each level is and what the contests of it are. That makes it so you can accurately date the Earth's age and see the chemical phases it went through. The Grand Canyon was also formed by erosion from the Colorado River, erosion takes a long time to happen, especially in such a dramatic and big way. This also makes me think that the Earth is very old, because that much erosion couldn't happen in 6,000 years.