Steno's law of ________ states that sediment layers are continuous, ending only by butting up against a topographic high, such as a hill or a cliff, by pinching out due to lack of sediment, or by gradational change from one sediment type to another.
A. original continuity
B. cosines
C. edges
D. superposition
E. original horizontality
Answer: A
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