Placing geologic events in a chronological order from their position in the rock record is

a. neptunism. d. absolute dating.
b. uniformitarianism. e. none of the above.
c. relative dating


C

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A ________ is a group of people who share a common culture, language, history. and territory

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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