Geology

In the Proterozoic Eon, key highlights are: ozone layer thickened, an oxygen crisis, Snowball Earth and eukaryotes and multicellular organisms evolved. […]

Earth formed a stable climate in the Archean Eon. Because it cooled down from its molten state, Earth was able to support oceans, continents and oxygenation […]

4,567,000,000 years ago, Earth was covered in molten lava. In the Hadean Eon, it was in its earliest stage of formation as it clumped from a cloud of dust. […]

Since Earth’s creation, oceans, continents and life have emerged. From evolution to extinction, here are the geological events and history of Earth timeline […]

About 200 million years ago, all the continents were together as one giant supercontinent known as Pangaea. Over time, these continents have broken apart. […]

Continental drift is the idea that continents move due to plate tectonic movement. Like a conveyor belt, the whole lithosphere rides on a plasticky layer. […]

Under the rigid layer of rock we live on, the Earth is plastic & more dense. Because of its fluid properties, mantle convection can occur within the Earth. […]

ANTARCTIC PLATE The Antarctic major plate holds the entire continent of Antarctica including its surround oceanic crust. This plate is surrounded by parts of the African, Australian, Pacific and South American plates. Antarctica was once […]

Fossil records into our geological timeline Fossils are preserved remains from past living things such as bones, shells or exoskeletons. When you unveil a fossil, it’s like a spyglass into the past. Every fossil was […]

INDO-AUSTRALIA PLATE The Indo-Australia plate is a major plate combining the Australian and Indian Plate. But they are widely considered to be two separate plates. The Indo-Australia plate stretches from Australia to India. It also […]

SOUTH AMERICAN PLATE The South American plate is a major plate that includes the continent of South Africa and a large portion of ocean from the Atlantic Ocean. At the west side of South America, […]

EURASIAN PLATE The Eurasian major plate consists of most of Europe, Russia and parts of Asia. This plate is sandwiched between the North American and African Plate on the north and west sides. The west […]

Earth’s crust is all around us. It’s the layer we live on. But did you know that Earth’s crust is composed of oceanic and continental and oceanic crust? […]