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What features can be used to correlate rock layers across a fault?
younger than
The rock it made contact with is older
The rock layers were overturned.
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian
correlation
The sedimentary rock layers
Cryptolithus
The index fossils in the rocks and the type of rock
If an intrusion cuts through layers of sedimentary rock and there is a fault through the intrusion, what is the oldest feature in the rock pattern?
younger than
The rock it made contact with is older
The rock layers were overturned.
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian
correlation
The sedimentary rock layers
Cryptolithus
The index fossils in the rocks and the type of rock
According to the rule of cross-cutting, a fault is always ___________ the rock layers it cuts through.
younger than
The rock it made contact with is older
The rock layers were overturned.
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian
correlation
The sedimentary rock layers
Cryptolithus
The index fossils in the rocks and the type of rock
The matching up of rock layers based upon similar fossils, rock sequence and rock type is called
younger than
The rock it made contact with is older
The rock layers were overturned.
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian
correlation
The sedimentary rock layers
Cryptolithus
The index fossils in the rocks and the type of rock
Devonian bedrock is found on top of Carboniferous bedrock. Which of the following would be true?
younger than
The rock it made contact with is older
The rock layers were overturned.
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian
correlation
The sedimentary rock layers
Cryptolithus
The index fossils in the rocks and the type of rock
The index fossil, Hexamoceras, is found in a layer of shale. If no overturning has occurred, what index fossil could be found in the rock layers found below it
younger than
The rock it made contact with is older
The rock layers were overturned.
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian
correlation
The sedimentary rock layers
Cryptolithus
The index fossils in the rocks and the type of rock
Contact metamorphism, when found within rock layers, is proof that
younger than
The rock it made contact with is older
The rock layers were overturned.
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian
correlation
The sedimentary rock layers
Cryptolithus
The index fossils in the rocks and the type of rock
Listed from bottom to top, which of the following sequences would be rock layers that were not overturned?
younger than
The rock it made contact with is older
The rock layers were overturned.
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian
correlation
The sedimentary rock layers
Cryptolithus
The index fossils in the rocks and the type of rock
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