Based on the principle of Baked Contacts, which of the following statements are right?
a. If an igneous intrusion "bakes" surrounding rocks, then the rock that has been baked
must be younger than the intrusion
b. The intrusion geologic feature is younger than the original rock
c. Baked contacts do not provide directly the relative age, because of the later erosion
d. When pluton (one igneous rock) was found to bake the adjacent rock, then this pluton is
relatively younger
e. Both b and d
Ans: e. Both b and d
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