A Short Look at Earth History

Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay


Formation of Sun

Formation of Planets

Our Solar System is Not Typical

Formation of Earth

Formation of Moon

It's very hard to account for the Moon:

Co-creation with Earth?

Fission?

Capture?

Collision:

Unstable Early Earth

Conditions on Early Earth

Life

What Is It?

How Did It Originate?

Major Events in the History of Life

Mass Extinctions

Permian

Cretaceous

Causes ?

Plate Tectonics


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