Historical Geology Understanding Our Planet\'s Past

Greenland (continued)
rift from Europe 237
separation of 243, 252
greenstone belts 38 ,36–41,
61,283g
Grenville orogeny 64, 118m
Gulf of Aden 244
Gunflint Iron Formation 27
gymnosperms 108, 146, 220

H

Hadean eon 8
hadrasaurs 205 , 227
Hallucigenia 80, 283g
Hancock,Maryland 105
hear t urchins 113
helicoplacus 83
heliopause 6
hematite 192
Henry Mountains, Utah 160
Hercynian Mountains 156,
168
hexacorals 112,129, 217,
283g
Himalaya Mountains, India
100, 250, 251
hippopotamus 239, 242
Holocene epoch 263–267
hominids 257
hominoids 241
Homo erectus 259
Homo habilis 259
Homo sapiens 259
horn 270
horses 239
horsetails 108, 146
hothouse effect 60
Howe Ranch dinosaur quarry,
Wyoming 214
Hudson Bay 230
humans 257–260

Hyde Park, Massachusetts 169

hydrothermal activity 51, 58

hydrothermal vents 19, 20 , 34

I

Iapetus Sea 95–102, 96m,

283g

closing of 104, 119

ice ages 58t, 61 ,93–95, 262m,

283g

Iceland 243, 253

ice shelves 152

ichthyosaurs 164 , 163, 200,

219,283g

Ichthyostega 144, 283g

Idaho

Crag Lake graben 120

Glens Ferry Formation 77

Snake River Plain 246

India 228

collision with Asia 249

Deccan Traps 242, 244m

Himalaya Mountains 100,

251

Kolar greenstone belt 40

separation of 195, 210

Indian Canyon, Utah 92

Indian Ocean 195

Indonesia, Mount Toba

Volcano 261

inland seas 95, 103, 146, 193,

213m,227–231,229m

Innuitian Mountains 137

Innuitian orogeny 137

insects 115, 147, 180

invertebrates 128–134,283g

iridium 233, 283g

iron 34, 35, 55

island arcs 38, 97, 283g

Isua Formation, Greenland

16, 41m

J

Jasper Cuts, Colorado 9

Java man 259

jawed fish 71,

jawless fish 85–88, 125

jellyfish 49

Jurassic period 196–214

inland sea of 213m

marine species of 197

K

Kaapvaal, Africa 42

kames 274

Kandik Basin, Alaska 100

kangaroos 239

Karroo Series, Africa 121, 152

Kentucky

Drowning Creek Formation

217

Ohio River Falls 129

Kerguelen Plateau 243

Kern Canyon, California 212

Kilgore, Nebraska 28

kimberella 76, 78

Kolar greenstone belt, India

40

Komodo dragons 206

K-T boundary layer 231, 233

kuiper belt 5

L

laccolith 167

Ladore Canyon, Utah 63

Lake Agassis, Canada 265

Laramide orogeny 246,

223–225

Laurasia 95, 96, 119m,

116–122, 140, 154, 169, 189,

283g

Historical Geology