Wednesday, October 6, 2010

progress Geology



Progress in Geology


Modern geologist have increased mans knowledge of the earth in recent years.they have used the replected earthquake waves to see the different layer and the core of the earth.
Parts of the earth
  • Crust
  • mantle
  • core

remarkable person

  • Jean Andre de luce
  • horace Benidict de suassare

Fossil fr. greek word fodere which means dig up

Contributors

Alfred Wergener

theory of continental drift

pangaea

Roberts Diets

propossed the hypothesis of the sea floor

Sk Rancorn

paleomagnetism from his findings that the contenents had move relatively to the earth magnetics poles.

Genc Shoemaker

lunar geologist

radiometric dating

to determine the age of the earth.

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