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What is one thing that tells a geologist that rock layers have been disurbed?
If rock layers are not horizontal, then some force must have diturbed them after they were fomed.
What is rock layers?
rock layering is where you have one layer of old rock them a newer layer then an other newer layer.
Do you find older rock above or below younger rock?
The law of superposition states: in horizontal rock layers, each layer is older than the one above it and younger than the one below it.
What happens when horizontal stress acts upon a rock?
by differential movements on one set of parallel planes which results in internal rotation of.
How many layers do metamorphic layers have?
a metamorphic rock is a rock that has been changed from one rock to another by heat and/or pressure.....they amount of layers would depend on what kind of rock.....all rocks have a different amount of layers sorry
Are the layers of rock above and below the coal older or younger?
Every layer of rock, as one moves up from the core, is younger than the one below it. This means that the layers of rock above and below the coal are different ages, with the one above younger and the one below older.
If the same types of fossils are found in two separate rock layers it's likely that the two rock layers form what?
If the same types of fossils are found in two separate rock layers, it is likely that the two rock layers are part of one continuous deposit.
If the same types of fossils are found in two separate rock layers it's likely that the two rock layers form?
If the same types of fossils are found in two separate rock layers, it is likely that the two rock layers are part of one continuous deposit.
A fossil that is found in the rock layers of only one geologic age and that is used to establish the age of the rock layers?
An index fossil.
If the same types of fossils are found in two separate rock layers, it's likely that the two rock layers?
a part of one continuious deposit.
What rock has layers?
There are many types of rock but this one would either be Sedimantary Igneous Metamorphic
How do you determine which rock layers are older than other when looking many layers of rock piled on top of one another?
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