This feature in the rock record represents a gap in geologic time caused by removal of some of the rock units.
- Cross cutting relations
- Fossil correlation
- Original horizontality
- Superposition
- Unconformity
Unconformity
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at the shelf break. a. True b. False
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A. a flood B. a tornado C. a hurricane D. a volcanic eruption E. an earthquake
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