Relative age-dating methods

A. allow Earth scientists to determine exactly when rock layers were deposited.
B. allow Earth Scientists to determine that rock deposited during the Cambrian period is 530 million years old.
C. allow Earth Scientists to determine exactly how old the Earth actually is.
D. allow Earth Scientists to determine if a specific rock layer is older or younger than rocks above or below it.
E. allow Earth scientists to know that the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary occurred exactly 66 million years ago.


Answer: D

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