Earth’s Geologic History: Plate tectonics, Pangaea, and Magma Oceans

While a philosopher might ask the question, “Why are we here?”, geologists want to know, “How did we get here?”. In this meetup we will travel back in time through the Earth’s history; learning how our planet operates today, what it may have been like in the past, and the tools geologists use to figure these things out. Join us for this quick trip through geologic time, from the Anthropocene to the Hadean!

For this meetup, we have an expert in earth sciences who will share her expertise with us and facilitate the gathering.

Silvia Castilla is a PhD student in the Earth Sciences department at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on volcanology and isotope geochemistry to understand the processes that occur before volcanic eruptions. Her PhD project involves studying rocks from around the world, conducting stable isotope analyses, and applying these techniques to determine how long it takes for a volcano to erupt.

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No readings for this meetup, but I’m including a great Radiolab episode that explains the science of dating rocks https://radiolab.org/podcast/heavy-metal

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I will take some pictures during the meetup.