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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What will be an ideal response?
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A. a flood B. a tornado C. a hurricane D. a volcanic eruption E. an earthquake
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Tsunami are usually caused by
A) Milankovich cycles. B) global warming. C) earthquakes. D) Earth's changing orbit.
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Weight of ice on Antarctica has isostatically depressed the continent, and thereby increased the depth of water
at the shelf break. a. True b. False
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