The dating method that uses the principle that undisturbed underlying geologic deposits are older than overlying geologic deposits is called

a. stratigraphic dating.
b. paleomagnetism.
c. carbon-14 dating.
d. K/Ar dating.
e. fluorine analysis.


a

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