nonconformity
What type of inconformity is located between B and D
angular unconformity
What type of unconformity is located between D and
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E
Which unit is the oldest?
C
Which unit is the oldest?
Fault
What type of structure or feature is A
There isn't enough information to determine
What is older, B or D?
Superposition
Which relative dating rule states that in an undisturbed sequence of sedimentary or extrusive igneous rocks, the oldest rocks will be at the bottom, with younger rocks above?
Inclusions
Which relative dating rule states that older rocks are found within younger rocks?
Cross-Cutting
Which relative dating rule states that dikes, faults, and igneous intrusions are younger than the rocks they pass through?
Lateral Continuity
Which relative dating rule states that sediment and extrusive igneous rocks are distributed from a source evenly until it either thins out or runs into a barrier?
Original Horizontality
Which relative dating rule states that sediments and extrusive igneous rocks are initially laid down as large, relatively flat units?
Walther's Law
Which relative dating rule states that laterally adjacent sedimentary zones will be also be vertically adjacent to each other in the rock record?
Nico Steno
Who developed the Law of Superposition?
A
Youngest
E
5th oldest
F
4th oldest
B
3rd oldest
C
2nd oldest
D
Oldest
Trilobite
What type of fossil is this (bug in rock)
Ammonite
What type of fossil is this (shell)
Amber
Here tree resin has solidified around an insect. What type of fossil is this?
Brachiopod
What type of fossil is this? (mud shell thingy)
Body Fossil
Here we have the bones of a mammal preserved as a fossil. What kind of fossil preservation is this?
Impression
Here we have a footprint preserved as a fossil. What kind of fossil preservation is this?
Coprolites
Here we have a piece of dung preserved as a fossil. What kind of fossil preservation is this?
Shrinkage Cracks
Match the sedimentary structures with the images provided.
Beds
Match the sedimentary structures with the images provided.
Ripple Marks
Match the sedimentary structures with the images provided.
Soft-sediment deformation
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