Utah's History - Written in Layers of Rock
May 24, 2024 12:36:44 GMT -5
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Post by 1dave on May 24, 2024 12:36:44 GMT -5
our present best guess is that the universe is 13.8 Billion years old.
About 4.5 billion years ago our solar system was formed out of the material ejected from star supernovas. Earth was created at that same time, along with the other planets.
God's first Book about Earth is written in pages of Rock.
Using Rock Columns we can tell the story of Utah's past.
Here is a larger picture:
As you see at the bottom, at first Earth was in the beginning, a molten sphere, peppered with impacts.
Then another Planet or comet hit earth, removed 3/4 of the surface and filled it with water, and made the Moon.
Every day earth receives over 500 tons of new Space dust and meteorites. over millions of years that is a lot.
Where does that come from? That material changes from time to time. We need new terms to talk about it, so:
Precambrian times there had to be iron rich comets in EZ-4 to create the Banded Iron layers found world wide
Then a series of intermingled layers of limestone and sandstone
Rodenia was an early Super continent, Utah existed above water on it. There was no sign of visible life any where.
600 million years ago life began to thrive in the sea during the Cambrian revolution. 500-600 Algae and simple invertebrates, like jellyfish & worms. Arthropods, brachiopods, & trilobites.
You can see these layers of rock out west of Delta at Antelope Springs, or anywhere in the House Range.
Ordovician 500-440 Graptolites, orthocerous, & primitive fish. The first vertebrates begin to appear.
Silurian 440-395 The first true plants appear. Crinoids & eurypterids are abundant. The first air breathers.
Devonian 395-360 Fish evolve into more complex animals. Sharks and amphibians multiply.
Carboniferous 360-225Mya
I suspect a new Comet entered EZ-6 at this time as carbon moons appeared around the outer planets and thick layers of carbon appeared on earth, causing massive plant growth.
Mississippian (359.2 to 318.1 mya) Upper (328.3 to 318.1 mya) Middle (345.3 to 328.3 mya) Lower (359.2 to 345.3 mya)
Pennsylvanian (318.1 to 299.0 mya) Upper (307.2 to 299.0 mya) Middle (311.7 to 307.2 mya) Lower (318.1 to 311.7 mya)
Animal Life on dry land. Plentiful ferns. Reptiles evolve. Spiders, cockroaches, & scorpions appear.
Permian 280-225 Reptiles become abundant. Pine-like trees develop. Trilobites become extinct.
The super Continent Pangaea joined together with Utah on it's western shore around 320 million years ago.
A comet hit Africa 175 million years ago, broke up Pangea, sending North America sailing westward, buckling the sea floor.
Mesozoic Era . . Period . . MYA . . Life Forms
Triassic 225-190 The beginning of the dinosaurs. Plant eaters, meat eaters, flying reptiles, and crocodiles.
As North America sailed west, the seafloor buckled, then broke.
10 million years later it happened again.
Jurassic 190-136 Giant dinosaurs develop. Abundant plant life & shellfish, like ammonites, lobsters, and shrimp.
Jurassic times had an unusual Ending. A comet appeared in the northern sky hurtling toward Earth. It hit on a low angle in the Beaufort Sea, and traveling over 20 miles per second, headed southeast to Mexico.
This pushed the area down, allowing the formation off the Western Interior Waterway.
Then with the Chicxulub Impact came the Greatest Magic Trick of all time! The waterway disappeared and in its place stood the mighty Rocky mountains.
Cretaceous 136-65 The peak of development. Downfall of the great dinosaurs, like triceratops, t-rex, & pterodactyls. Deciduous trees develop.
Ended with the asteroid impact that ended Cretaceous time.
About 4.5 billion years ago our solar system was formed out of the material ejected from star supernovas. Earth was created at that same time, along with the other planets.
God's first Book about Earth is written in pages of Rock.
Using Rock Columns we can tell the story of Utah's past.
Here is a larger picture:
As you see at the bottom, at first Earth was in the beginning, a molten sphere, peppered with impacts.
Then another Planet or comet hit earth, removed 3/4 of the surface and filled it with water, and made the Moon.
Every day earth receives over 500 tons of new Space dust and meteorites. over millions of years that is a lot.
Where does that come from? That material changes from time to time. We need new terms to talk about it, so:
Precambrian times there had to be iron rich comets in EZ-4 to create the Banded Iron layers found world wide
Then a series of intermingled layers of limestone and sandstone
Rodenia was an early Super continent, Utah existed above water on it. There was no sign of visible life any where.
600 million years ago life began to thrive in the sea during the Cambrian revolution. 500-600 Algae and simple invertebrates, like jellyfish & worms. Arthropods, brachiopods, & trilobites.
You can see these layers of rock out west of Delta at Antelope Springs, or anywhere in the House Range.
Ordovician 500-440 Graptolites, orthocerous, & primitive fish. The first vertebrates begin to appear.
Silurian 440-395 The first true plants appear. Crinoids & eurypterids are abundant. The first air breathers.
Devonian 395-360 Fish evolve into more complex animals. Sharks and amphibians multiply.
Carboniferous 360-225Mya
I suspect a new Comet entered EZ-6 at this time as carbon moons appeared around the outer planets and thick layers of carbon appeared on earth, causing massive plant growth.
Mississippian (359.2 to 318.1 mya) Upper (328.3 to 318.1 mya) Middle (345.3 to 328.3 mya) Lower (359.2 to 345.3 mya)
Pennsylvanian (318.1 to 299.0 mya) Upper (307.2 to 299.0 mya) Middle (311.7 to 307.2 mya) Lower (318.1 to 311.7 mya)
Animal Life on dry land. Plentiful ferns. Reptiles evolve. Spiders, cockroaches, & scorpions appear.
Permian 280-225 Reptiles become abundant. Pine-like trees develop. Trilobites become extinct.
The super Continent Pangaea joined together with Utah on it's western shore around 320 million years ago.
A comet hit Africa 175 million years ago, broke up Pangea, sending North America sailing westward, buckling the sea floor.
Mesozoic Era . . Period . . MYA . . Life Forms
Triassic 225-190 The beginning of the dinosaurs. Plant eaters, meat eaters, flying reptiles, and crocodiles.
As North America sailed west, the seafloor buckled, then broke.
10 million years later it happened again.
Jurassic 190-136 Giant dinosaurs develop. Abundant plant life & shellfish, like ammonites, lobsters, and shrimp.
Jurassic times had an unusual Ending. A comet appeared in the northern sky hurtling toward Earth. It hit on a low angle in the Beaufort Sea, and traveling over 20 miles per second, headed southeast to Mexico.
This pushed the area down, allowing the formation off the Western Interior Waterway.
Then with the Chicxulub Impact came the Greatest Magic Trick of all time! The waterway disappeared and in its place stood the mighty Rocky mountains.
Cretaceous 136-65 The peak of development. Downfall of the great dinosaurs, like triceratops, t-rex, & pterodactyls. Deciduous trees develop.
Ended with the asteroid impact that ended Cretaceous time.
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