The Ancient Earth Globe is an interactive map based on the reconstructions by Dr. Scotese that you saw in the videos. Go to the site and input Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania in the upper left to get a marker that will help you see where the land that now makes up Slippery Rock was at different times of the earth's history.Slippery Rock is quite far from the ocean now, but in the past it was under water. (That's when the coal, oil, and natural gas found in western Pennsylvania were formed.) Using the drop-down menu at the top of the website, go back in history until you find Slippery Rock located in water. What's the most recent date at which Slippery Rock was under water?

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The Ancient Earth Globe is an interactive map based on the reconstructions by Dr. Scotese that you saw in the videos. Go to the site and input Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania in the upper left to get a marker that will help you see where the land that now makes up Slippery Rock was at different times of the earth's history.Slippery Rock is quite far from the ocean now, but in the past it was under water.

(That's when the coal, oil, and natural gas found in western Pennsylvania were formed.) Using the drop-down menu at the top of the website, go back in history until you find Slippery Rock located in water. What's the most recent date at which

Slippery Rock was under water?

 

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