Match the relative dating principles with the correct definition
A) Missing time.
B) Faults, fractures are younger than the rocks they cut through.
C) Sedimentary layers/lava
D) The oldest is on the bottom, the youngest on top.
E) Rocks extend in all directions until they reach the edge of a basin or pinch out.
F) Chunks of weathered rock are older than the rock they are contained in.
1) Superposition
2) Original horizontality
3) Lateral Continuity
4) Cross-Cutting Relationships
5) Unconformities
6) Inclusions
Answers: 1) D 2) C 3) E 4) B 5) A 6) F
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