Closely related to the history of sedimentary rocks are the age of the Earth as an astronomical body and the evolution of the planetary system. We shall see from the discussion of the following ...

Ever wondered the age of the Earth? When you check scientific sources, you'll often find that the age of Earth is estimated to be approximately 4.54 billion years ...

BEFORE the time of the Scotch geologist, James Hut- ton, some 6,000 years was believed to indicate the age of the earth, and, indeed, of the entire universe. The advent of the uniformitarian ...